James Robinson

James T. Robinson is a Professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School. He holds affiliations with the History of Religions and Islamic Studies areas, the Chicago Center for Jewish Studies, Fundamentals: Issues and Texts, and the Program on Medieval Studies in the College.

His research centers on medieval Jewish intellectual history, philosophy, and biblical exegesis across Islamic and Christian contexts, examining the literary and social dimensions of philosophy and its relationship with religion. Key areas include:

• Ethics, political philosophy, and psychology
• History of philosophical-allegorical exegesis
• Reception of Greek and Arabic philosophy and science
• Jewish Sufism and Neoplatonism
• Maimonidean studies
• Religious polemic
• Sermons and homilectical literature
• Interfaith intellectual traditions