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Maimonides on the "Decline of the generations" and the nature of rabbinic authority / Menachem Kellner.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: SUNY series in Jewish philosophyPublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1996.Description: 1 online resource (x, 137 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781438408675
  • 1438408676
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Maimonides on the "Decline of the generations" and the nature of rabbinic authority.DDC classification:
  • 296.6/1 20
LOC classification:
  • BM529 .K45 1996
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Ch. 1. The Decline of the Generations -- Ch. 2. Maimonides on Nature and Miracles -- Ch. 3. Maimonides on Decline -- Ch. 4. Maimonides' Attitude towards the Authority of the Rabbis in non-Halakhic Matters -- Ch. 5. Maimonides on the "Advance" of the Generations -- Ch. 6. On the Nature of the Rabbis' Authority -- Ch. 7. Concluding (Quasi- ) Scientific Postscript -- Citations from Maimonides' Works.
Summary: Shows to what extent and in what fashion Jews are bound to accept the opinions and the pronouncements of religious authorities.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Ch. 1. The Decline of the Generations -- Ch. 2. Maimonides on Nature and Miracles -- Ch. 3. Maimonides on Decline -- Ch. 4. Maimonides' Attitude towards the Authority of the Rabbis in non-Halakhic Matters -- Ch. 5. Maimonides on the "Advance" of the Generations -- Ch. 6. On the Nature of the Rabbis' Authority -- Ch. 7. Concluding (Quasi- ) Scientific Postscript -- Citations from Maimonides' Works.

English.

Shows to what extent and in what fashion Jews are bound to accept the opinions and the pronouncements of religious authorities.