| Description |
392 p. |
| Series |
Emunot : Jewish philosophy and Kabbalah |
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Emunot.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-388) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. Approaches to the study of Maimonides -- Introduction to part one, Approaches to the study of Maimonides -- Reading Rambam-approaches to the interpretation of Maimonides -- Strauss' Maimonides vs. Maimonides' Maimonides : could Maimonides have been both enlightened and Orthodox? -- The literary character of the Mishneh Torah : on the art of writing in Maimonides' Halakhic works -- Is Maimonides' ideal person austerely rationalist? -- Part II. Religious faith and dogma -- Introduction to part two: Religious faith and dogma -- Heresy and the nature of faith in medieval Jewish philosophy -- What is heresy? -- Maimonides' thirteen principles and the structure of the Guide of the perplexed -- Maimonides, Crescas, and Abravanel on Ex. 20:2 : a medieval Jewish exegetical dispute -- Could Maimonides get into Rambam's heaven? -- Returning the crown to its ancient glory : Marc Shapiro's the limits of Orthodox theology : Maimonides' thirteen principles reappraised -- The virtue of faith -- Part III. Science and Torah -- Introduction to part three: Science and Torah -- On the status of the astronomy and physics in Maimonides' Mishneh Torah and Guide of the perplexed : a chapter in the history of science -- Maimonides on the science of the Mishneh Torah : provisional or permanent? -- Maimonides' allegiances to science and Judaism -- Faith, science, and orthodoxy -- Part IV. Universalism -- Introduction to part four: Universalism -- Chosenness not chauvinism : Maimonides on the chosen people -- Was Maimonides truly universalist? -- Maimonides' true religion : for Jews, or all humanity? -- Spirituality and a life of holiness : how one lives a holy life and who can do it. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1934843210 |
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9781934843215 |
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9781618110961 (electronic bk.) |
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