Roslyn Weiss

Crescas: Light of the Lord (or Hashem)

Translated with Introduction and Notes

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first complete English translation of Hasdai Crescas's Light of the Lord, a seminal work of medieval Jewish philosophy. Crescas challenges the Aristotelian underpinnings of medieval thought, introduces alternative physical and metaphysical theories, and presents service to the God of love and benefaction as the goal for humankind.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 602g
• ISBN-13: 9780192894052
• ISBN-10: 0192894056
• Artikelnr.: 60370885

Autorenporträt

Roslyn Weiss is the Clara H. Stewardson Professor of Philosophy at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. She holds a doctorate in philosophy from Columbia University and an MA in Jewish Studies from the Baltimore Hebrew University. She has published four books on Plato and 50 scholarly articles on mainly Greek and Jewish philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

Translator's Introduction
Crescas's life and Works
Structure of Light of the Lord
Physics
Providence and Choice
About the Translation
Introduction
Preface
Light of the Lord
Book I
Book II
Book III
Book IV
Bibliography