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Author Kellner, Menachem Marc, 1946-

Title Torah in the observatory [electronic resource] : Gersonides, Maimonides, Song of Songs / Menachem Kellner.

Imprint Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2010.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 374 p.
Series Emunot
Emunot.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-364) and index.
Contents Providence and the rabbinic tradition -- Mosaic prophecy: Maimonides and Gersonides -- Eschatology and miracles -- Creation, miracles, revelation -- Song of Songs and Gersonides' world -- Maimonides and Gersonides on astronomy and metaphysics -- Gersonides on the Song of Songs and the nature of science -- Politics and perfection: Gersonides vs. Maimonides -- The role of the active intellect in human cognition -- Imitatio dei and the dissemination of scientific knowledge -- Moses ibn Tibbon and Gersonides on Song of Songs -- Misogyny: Gersonides vs. Maimonides -- Gersonides and his cultured despisers: Arama and Abravanel.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Levi ben Gershom, 1288-1344.
Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204.
Bible. O.T. Song of Solomon -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Jewish philosophy.
Philosophy, Medieval.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 1934843806 (hardback : alk. paper)
9781934843802
9781618110183 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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