ABSTRACT
The blending of the Hebraic and the Hellenic mind was more than a subject for inquiry more academico for Leon Roth. The Jew who wrote on Maimonides and Spinoza and the Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem who translated classical Greek philosophical works into Hebrew considered the twofold scholarly tradition in which he was reared as equally meaningful for our time. The universality of the Torah and the rationality of the nómos in their mutual penetration in affinity and contrast do not only form the central theme of medieval religious philosophy in Judaism, but do so in a special way, particularly in the thought of Abraham ibn Da’ud and Moses Maimonides. It may, therefore, not be inappropriate to discuss briefly the meeting-point of the two realms of faith and reason, as a tribute to a philosopher and friend whose untimely death has left not merely a gap in our lives, but also a challenging legacy to try to resolve the perpetual tension between the universal and the particular in the lives of those of us who are committed to Judaism.
