Judaism as Philosophy : Studies in Maimonides and the Medieval Jewish Philosophers of Provence /
The studies comprising this volume, most of them appearing for the first time in English, deal with some of the main topics in Maimonides' philosophy and that of his followers in Provence. At the heart of these topics lies the issue of whether they adopted a completely naturalistic picture of t...
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Boston, MA :
Academic Studies Press,
[2018]
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| Series: | Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Section I. Maimonides
- 1. Maimonides' God: The God of Abraham or the God of Aristotle?
- 2. Maimonides on Divine Religion
- 3. Maimonides on the Eternity of the World
- Section II. Three Jewish Philosophers of Provence
- 4. Moses Ibn Tibbon: Translator and Philosophical Exegete
- 5. Levi ben Avraham and his Encyclopedia of Philosophy and Judaism, Livyat Ḥen
- 6. Nissim of Marseille and his Radical Philosophic Commentary on the Torah
- Section III. The Reception of Maimonides in Medieval Provençal Jewish Philosophy
- 7. From Esotericism to Science: The Account of the Chariot in Maimonidean Philosophy till the End of the Thirteenth Century
- 8. Sage and Prophet in the Thought of Maimonides and the Jewish Philosophers of Provence
- 9. The Prophecy of Moses in Medieval Jewish Provençal Philosophy: Natural or Supernatural?
- 10. Reasons for the Commandments in Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed and in Provençal Jewish Philosophy
- 11. From Dialogue to Contemplation: The Transformation of the Meaning of Prayer in Maimonides and the Medieval Jewish Philosophers of Provence
- Bibliography
- Index