Maimonidean Studies 2 1991 1992

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Central Problems Of Medieval Jewish Philosophy

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Author : Dov Schwartz
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2006-02-01

Central Problems Of Medieval Jewish Philosophy written by Dov Schwartz and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-02-01 with Religion categories.

This book deals with central issues of medieval Jewish philosophy. Among the subjects treated are divine immanence, the intellect, miracles, and esoteric writing and its limits. The work provides a new perspective on the history of Jewish philosophy in the Middle Ages. Relying on many as yet unpublished manuscripts, which enable it to offer new insights relating to such thinkers as Judah Halevi, Maimonides, and Gersonides, it also presents a new and original perception of the dynamics of Jewish thought in general.

The Matter And Form Of Maimonides Guide

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Author : Josef Stern
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2013-06-01

The Matter And Form Of Maimonides Guide written by Josef Stern and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-01 with Philosophy categories.

Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed is generally read as an attempt either to harmonize reason and revelation or to show that they are irreconcilable. Moving beyond these familiar debates, Josef Stern argues that the perplexity addressed in this famously enigmatic work is the tension between human matter and form: the body and intellect.

The Matter And Form Of Maimonides Guide

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Author : Josef Stern
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2013-06-03

The Matter And Form Of Maimonides Guide written by Josef Stern and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-03 with Philosophy categories.

Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed is generally read as an attempt either to harmonize reason and revelation or to show that they are irreconcilable. Moving beyond these familiar debates, Josef Stern argues that the perplexity addressed in this famously enigmatic work is the tension between human matter and form: the body and intellect.

Maimonides

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Author : Israel Drazin
language : en
Publisher: Gefen Publishing House Ltd
Release Date : 2009

Maimonides written by Israel Drazin and has been published by Gefen Publishing House Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Philosophy categories.

This thought-provoking and enlightening book uncovers unknown but true facts about Maimonides, his family and his unique, often controversial, but brilliant ideas.

Maimonides The Rationalist

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Author : Herbert A. Davidson
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2011-04-30

Maimonides The Rationalist written by Herbert A. Davidson and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-30 with Religion categories.

In his own estimation, Maimonides was neither exclusively a dedicated philosopher nor exclusively a devoted rabbinist: he saw philosophy and the Written and Oral Torahs as a single, harmonious domain, and he believed that this view was similarly fundamental to the lives of the prophets and rabbis of old. In this book, Herbert Davidson examines Maimonides’ efforts to reconstitute this all-embracing, rationalist worldview that he felt had been lost during the millennium-long exile.

Happiness In Premodern Judaism

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Author : Hava Tirosh-Samuelson
language : en
Publisher: Hebrew Union College Press
Release Date : 2003-12-31

Happiness In Premodern Judaism written by Hava Tirosh-Samuelson and has been published by Hebrew Union College Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12-31 with Social Science categories.

It is not common to think that Jews were interested in happiness or that Judaism has anything to say about happiness. On the contrary, the concept of happiness was a central concern of Jewish thinkers. Hava Tirosh-Samuelson shows that rabbinic Judaism regarded itself primarily as a prescription for the attainment of happiness, and that the discourse on happiness captures the evolution of Jewish intellectual history from antiquity to the seventeenth century. These claims make sense if one understands happiness as human flourishing on the basis of Aristotle's thought in the Nichomachean Ethics. Linking virtue, knowledge, and well-being, Aristotle's analysis of happiness can be traced in Jewish understanding of human flourishing as early as the Greco-Roman world, but the fusion of Greek and Judaic perspectives on happiness reached its zenith in in the Middle Ages in the thought of Moses Maimonides and his followers. Even the controversies about Maimonides' ideas could be viewed as discussions about the meaning of happiness and the way to attain it within Judaism. Much of this book, then, concerns the reception of Aristotle's Ethics in medieval Jewish philosophy. This book shows how a certain notion of happiness reflects the intellectual culture of a given period, including cultural exchanges among Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. Demonstrating the discourse on happiness as a dramatic interplay between Wisdom and Torah, between philosophy and religion, between reason and faith, Hava Tirosh-Samuelson presents, to specialists and non-specialists alike, a fascinating tour of Jewish intellectual history.

Unveiling The Hidden Anticipating The Future

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language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-02-15

Unveiling The Hidden Anticipating The Future written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-15 with History categories.

In Unveiling the Hidden—Anticipating the Future: Divinatory Practices Among Jews Between Qumran and the Modern Period, Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas and Dorian Gieseler Greenbaum collect ten studies based on primary sources ranging from Qumran to the modern period and covering Europe and the Mediterranean basin. The studies show Jews practising divination (astrology, bibliomancy, physiognomy, dream requests, astral magic, etc.) and implementing the study and practice of the prognostic arts in ways that allowed Jews to make them "Jewish," by avoiding any conflict with Jewish law or halakhah. These studies focus on the Jewish components of this divination, providing specific firsthand details about the practices and their practitioners within their cultural and intellectual contexts—as well as their fears, wishes, and anxieties—using ancient scrolls and medieval manuscripts in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Judaeo-Arabic. Contributors are Michael D. Swartz, Helen R. Jacobus, Alessia Bellusci, Blanca Villuendas Sabaté, Shraga Bar-On, Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas, Amos Geula, Dov Schwartz, Joseph Ziegler, and Charles Burnett.

Studies On Astral Magic In Medieval Jewish Thought

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Author : Dov Schwartz
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-11-29

Studies On Astral Magic In Medieval Jewish Thought written by Dov Schwartz and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-29 with Religion categories.

The book describes a fascinating encounter between astrology and magic, exposing how Hermetic magic seeped into Jewish literature and Jewish philosophy. Following astral magic in its convoluted course, this original work sheds new light on rationalist Jewish thought in the Middle Ages. Having attained its authority mostly from its use in medical practice, astral magic also developed a theology and provided a key to biblical interpretation. Judah Halevi, Nahmanides, and others explained the meaning and influence of the commandments according to magic-astral models and techniques, generating a new perspective within medieval Jewish philosophy. The book is intended for scholars of philosophy, Jewish thought, astrology and magic, as well as for the general public with an interest in these areas.

Maimonides In His World

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Author : Sarah Stroumsa
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2009-08-31

Maimonides In His World written by Sarah Stroumsa and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-31 with Philosophy categories.

While the great medieval philosopher, theologian, and physician Maimonides is acknowledged as a leading Jewish thinker, his intellectual contacts with his surrounding world are often described as related primarily to Islamic philosophy. Maimonides in His World challenges this view by revealing him to have wholeheartedly lived, breathed, and espoused the rich Mediterranean culture of his time. Sarah Stroumsa argues that Maimonides is most accurately viewed as a Mediterranean thinker who consistently interpreted his own Jewish tradition in contemporary multicultural terms. Maimonides spent his entire life in the Mediterranean region, and the religious and philosophical traditions that fed his thought were those of the wider world in which he lived. Stroumsa demonstrates that he was deeply influenced not only by Islamic philosophy but by Islamic culture as a whole, evidence of which she finds in his philosophy as well as his correspondence and legal and scientific writings. She begins with a concise biography of Maimonides, then carefully examines key aspects of his thought, including his approach to religion and the complex world of theology and religious ideas he encountered among Jews, Christians, Muslims, and even heretics; his views about science; the immense and unacknowledged impact of the Almohads on his thought; and his vision of human perfection. This insightful cultural biography restores Maimonides to his rightful place among medieval philosophers and affirms his central relevance to the study of medieval Islam.

The Cambridge Companion To Maimonides

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Author : Kenneth Seeskin
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2005-09-26

The Cambridge Companion To Maimonides written by Kenneth Seeskin and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-09-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Discusses the problems Maimonides encountered, showing the depth and breadth of his philosophical thought.