Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed

Herausgeber: Frank, Daniel; Segal, Aaron

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Maimonides' magnum opus, the Guide of the Perplexed, is the most influential text in the history of Jewish philosophy. Controversial in its day, it continues to generate interest and scholarly debate. This Critical Guide will be of interest to philosophers, Judaists, theologians, and medievalists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 627g
• ISBN-13: 9781108480512
• ISBN-10: 1108480519
• Artikelnr.: 60095579

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Daniel Frank and Aaron Segal
Part I. Form: 1. The structure and purpose of the guide Daniel Frank
2. The guide as biblical commentary Igor de Souza
Part II. Human beginnings: 3. Paradise and the fall Shira Weiss
4. Maimonides on the nature of good and evil Daniel Rynhold
Part III. The creator: 5. The scope of metaphysics Daniel Davies and Charles H. Manekin
6. His existence is essentiality: maimonides as metaphysician Aaron Segal
7. 'Whereof one cannot speak' Silvia Jonas
Part IV. The created: 8. Creation and miracles in the guide T. M. Rudavsky
9. The prophetic method Dani Rabinowitz
10. Maimonides' modalities Josef Stern
Part V. Human finitude: 11. Maimonides' critique of anthropocentrism and teleology Warren Zev Harvey
12. Maimonides and the problem(s) of evil David Shatz
Part VI. Human ends: 13. The nature and purpose of divine law Moshe Halbertal
14. Maimonides on human perfection and the love of god Steven Nadler
Bibliography.