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The many faces of Maimonides / Dov Schwartz ; translated by Batya Stein.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Emunot, Jewish philosophy and kabbalahPublisher: Brighton, MA, USA : Academic Studies Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781618117816
  • 1618117815
Uniform titles:
  • Essays. Selections
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 296.1/81 23
LOC classification:
  • B759.M34 S34 2018
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
ASP056112017_Schwartz_Prelims; ASP056112017_Schwartz_Chapter01; ASP056112017_Schwartz_Chapter02; ASP056112017_Schwartz_Chapter03; ASP056112017_Schwartz_Chapter04; ASP056112017_Schwartz_Chapter05; ASP056112017_Schwartz_Chapter06; ASP056112017_Epilogue; ASP056112017_Schwartz_Bibliography.
Summary: This volume offers a new reading of Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed. In particular, it explores how Maimonides' commitment to integrity led him to a critique of the Kalām, to a complex concept of immortality, and to insight into the human yearning for metaphysical knowledge. Maimonides' search for objective truth is also analyzed in its connection with the scientific writings of his time, which neither the Kalām nor the Jewish philosophical tradition that preceded him had endorsed.Through a careful analysis of these issues, this book seeks to contribute to the understanding of the modes of thought adopted in The Guide of the Perplexed, including the "philosophical theologian" model of Maimonides' own design, and to the knowledge of its sources.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1841809

ASP056112017_Schwartz_Prelims; ASP056112017_Schwartz_Chapter01; ASP056112017_Schwartz_Chapter02; ASP056112017_Schwartz_Chapter03; ASP056112017_Schwartz_Chapter04; ASP056112017_Schwartz_Chapter05; ASP056112017_Schwartz_Chapter06; ASP056112017_Epilogue; ASP056112017_Schwartz_Bibliography.

This volume offers a new reading of Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed. In particular, it explores how Maimonides' commitment to integrity led him to a critique of the Kalām, to a complex concept of immortality, and to insight into the human yearning for metaphysical knowledge. Maimonides' search for objective truth is also analyzed in its connection with the scientific writings of his time, which neither the Kalām nor the Jewish philosophical tradition that preceded him had endorsed.Through a careful analysis of these issues, this book seeks to contribute to the understanding of the modes of thought adopted in The Guide of the Perplexed, including the "philosophical theologian" model of Maimonides' own design, and to the knowledge of its sources.