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25 produkter
Maimonides on the "Decline of the Generations" and the Nature of Rabbinic Authority
Häftad, 1996
430 kr
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Shows to what extent and in what fashion Jews are bound to accept the opinions and the pronouncements of religious authorities.Moses Maimonides, medieval Judaism's leading legist and philosopher, and a figure of central importance for contemporary Jewish self-understanding, held a view of Judaism …
Torah in the Observatory
Gersonides, Maimonides, Song of Songs
E-bok, 2010
2941 kr
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Rabbi Levi ben Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides; 1288-1344), one of medieval Judaism''s most original thinkers, wrote about such diverse subjects as astronomy, mathematics, Bible commentary, philosophical theology, "technical" philosophy, logic, Halakhah, and even satire. In his view, however, all these …
Science in the Bet Midrash
Studies in Maimonides
E-bok, 2009
2771 kr
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Science in the Bet Midrash explores the religious thought of Moses Maimonides (1138–1204), one of the most influential Jews of the last thousand years. While covering many aspects of his religious philosophy, these essays focus on the way Maimonides elucidated and expressed the universalistic …
We Are Not Alone
A Maimonidean Theology of the Other
Inbunden, 2021
975 kr
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Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed addressed Jews of his day who felt challenged by apparent contradictions between Torah and science. We Are Not Alone: A Maimonidean Theology of the Other uses Maimonides’ writings to address Jews of today who are perplexed by apparent contradictions between the …
We Are Not Alone
A Maimonidean Theology of the Other
E-bok, 2021
2771 kr
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Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed addressed Jews of his day who felt challenged by apparent contradictions between Torah and science. We Are Not Alone: A Maimonidean Theology of the Other uses Maimonides’ writings to address Jews of today who are perplexed by apparent contradictions between the …
We Are Not Alone
A Maimonidean Theology of the Other
E-bok, 2021
606 kr
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Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed addressed Jews of his day who felt challenged by apparent contradictions between Torah and science. We Are Not Alone: A Maimonidean Theology of the Other uses Maimonides’ writings to address Jews of today who are perplexed by apparent contradictions between the …
We Are Not Alone
A Maimonidean Theology of the Other
Häftad, 2022
325 kr
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Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed addressed Jews of his day who felt challenged by apparent contradictions between Torah and science. We Are Not Alone: A Maimonidean Theology of the Other uses Maimonides’ writings to address Jews of today who are perplexed by apparent contradictions between the …
Maimonides the Universalist
The Ethical Horizons of the Mishneh Torah
Av Menachem Kellner, David Gillis
Häftad, 2025
581 kr
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Maimonides ends each book of his legal code the Mishneh torah with a moral or philosophical reflection, in which he lifts his eyes, as it were, from purely halakhic concerns and surveys broader horizons. Menachem Kellner and David Gillis analyse these concluding paragraphs, examining their verbal …
Reinventing Maimonides in Contemporary Jewish Thought
Av James A. Diamond, Menachem Kellner
Häftad, 2025
581 kr
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Every work on Jewish thought and law since the twelfth century bears the imprint of Maimonides. A. N. Whitehead’s famous dictum that the entire European philosophical tradition ‘consists of a series of footnotes to Plato’ could equally characterize Maimonides’ place in the Jewish tradition. The …
Principles of Faith
Av Isaac Abravanel, Menachem Kellner
Häftad, 2004
291 kr
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Moses Maimonides was the first medieval Jewish thinker to posit a set of dogmas for Judaism, his ‘Thirteen Principles of Faith’. His statement initiated an extensive discussion among other medieval Jewish thinkers on the subject of dogma, which had an important impact on subsequent Jewish thought. …
Dogma in Medieval Jewish Thought
From Maimonides to Abravanel
Häftad, 2004
324 kr
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Dogma in Medieval Jewish Thought is an essay in the history of ideas which traces the development of creed formation in Judaism from its inception with Moses Maimonides (1138-1204) to the beginning of the sixteenth century when systematic attention to the problem disappeared from the agenda of …
Must a Jew Believe Anything?
Häftad, 2006
364 kr
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The crucial question for today's Jewish world, Menachem Kellner argues, is not whether Jews will have Jewish grandchildren, but how many different sorts of mutually exclusive Judaisms those grandchildren will face. Kellner’s short, brisk, and accessible book examines how the split that threatens …
Maimonides' Confrontation with Mysticism
Häftad, 2011
414 kr
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Many books on Maimonides have been written and still more will appear. Few present Maimonides, as Menachem Kellner does against the actual religious background that informed his many innovative and influential choices. He not only analyses the thought of the great religious thinker but …
Maimonides the Universalist
The Ethical Horizons of the Mishneh Torah
Av Menachem Kellner, David Gillis
Inbunden, 2020
758 kr
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Maimonides ends each book of his legal code the Mishneh torah with a moral or philosophical reflection, in which he lifts his eyes, as it were, from purely halakhic concerns and surveys broader horizons. Menachem Kellner and David Gillis analyse these concluding paragraphs, examining their verbal …
Reinventing Maimonides in Contemporary Jewish Thought
Av James A. Diamond, Menachem Kellner
Inbunden, 2019
663 kr
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Every work on Jewish thought and law since the twelfth century bears the imprint of Maimonides. A. N. Whitehead’s famous dictum that the entire European philosophical tradition ‘consists of a series of footnotes to Plato’ could equally characterize Maimonides’ place in the Jewish tradition. The …
Science in the Bet Midrash
Studies in Maimonides
Inbunden, 2009
1514 kr
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Science in the Bet Midrash explores the religious thought of Moses Maimonides (1138–1204), one of the most influential Jews of the last thousand years. While covering many aspects of his religious philosophy, these essays focus on the way Maimonides elucidated and expressed the universalistic …
Torah in the Observatory
Gersonides, Maimonides, Song of Songs
Inbunden, 2010
1470 kr
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Rabbi Levi ben Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides; 1288-1344), one of medieval Judaism's most original thinkers, wrote about such diverse subjects as astronomy, mathematics, Bible commentary, philosophical theology, "technical" philosophy, logic, Halakhah, and even satire. In his view, however, all these …
Dialogue on Kabbalah by Samuel David Luzzatto
Inbunden, 2024
498 kr
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This is the first complete translation of Vikuaḥ 'al Ḥokhmat ha-Kabbalah, a literary-philosophical dialogue composed by the great Italian Jewish scholar Samuel David Luzzatto (1800-1865), also known as Shadal. Originally published in Hebrew in 1852, the Dialogue depicts a multi-faceted and …
Dialogue on Kabbalah by Samuel David Luzzatto
E-bok, 2024
652 kr
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This is the first complete translation of Vikuaḥ ''al Ḥokhmat ha-Kabbalah , a literary-philosophical dialogue composed by the great Italian Jewish scholar Samuel David Luzzatto (1800-1865), also known as Shadal. Originally published in Hebrew in 1852, the Dialogue depicts a multi-faceted and …
Pursuit of the Ideal
Jewish Writings of Steven Schwarzschild
Inbunden, 1990
1111 kr
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Steven Schwarzschild-rabbi, socialist, pacifist, theologian, and philosopher-is both the last of the major medieval Jewish philosophers and the most modern. He is in the tradition of the Jewish thinking that began with Sa'adia Gaon and reached its highest expression in Maimonides. These thinkers …
Pursuit of the Ideal
Jewish Writings of Steven Schwarzschild
Häftad, 1990
422 kr
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Steven Schwarzschild-rabbi, socialist, pacifist, theologian, and philosopher-is both the last of the major medieval Jewish philosophers and the most modern. He is in the tradition of the Jewish thinking that began with Sa'adia Gaon and reached its highest expression in Maimonides. These thinkers …
Maimonides on Judaism and the Jewish People
Inbunden, 1991
1087 kr
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Maimonides on Judaism and the Jewish People explores Maimonides' philosophical psychology, his ethics, his views on prophecy, providence, and immortality, his understanding of the place of gentiles in the Messianic area, his attitude toward proselytes, his answer to the question, "Who is a Jew?", …
Maimonides on Judaism and the Jewish People
Häftad, 1991
394 kr
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Maimonides on Judaism and the Jewish People explores Maimonides' philosophical psychology, his ethics, his views on prophecy, providence, and immortality, his understanding of the place of gentiles in the Messianic area, his attitude toward proselytes, his answer to the question, "Who is a Jew?", …
Maimonides on the "Decline of the Generations" and the Nature of Rabbinic Authority
Inbunden, 1996
1111 kr
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Shows to what extent and in what fashion Jews are bound to accept the opinions and the pronouncements of religious authorities.Moses Maimonides, medieval Judaism's leading legist and philosopher, and a figure of central importance for contemporary Jewish self-understanding, held a view of Judaism …
