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The Reasons for the Commandments in Jewish Thought : From the Bible to the Renaissance / Isaac Heinemann.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Reference Library of Jewish Intellectual HistoryPublisher: Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781934843536
  • 9781618111005
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- The Reason for the Mitzvot -- Author’s Preface to First Edition (1942) -- Translator’s Preface -- Chapter 1. The Nature of the Question -- Chapter 2. The Biblical View -- Chapter 3. The Views of the Rabbis -- Chapter 4. The Views of the Hellenistic Jews -- Chapter 5. Views of the Medieval Philosophers -- Chapter 6. Saadia Gaon -- Chapter 7. Baḥya ben Joseph Ibn Pakudah -- Chapter 8. Rabbi Judah Halevi -- Chapter 9. Abraham Ibn Ezra -- Chapter 10. Abraham Ibn Daud -- Chapter 11. Maimonides -- Chapter 12. Gersonides -- Chapter 13. Ḥasdai Crescas -- Chapter 14. Joseph Albo -- Chapter 15. Don Isaac Abravanel -- Chapter 16. Summary of the Medieval Thinkers -- Chapter 17. Principal Conclusions -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index
Summary: This classic work by early-20th-century Jewish humanist and scholar Isaac Heinemann surveys the crucial phases of Jewish thought concerning correct conduct as codified in the commandments. Heinemann provides his own systematic insights about the intellectual, emotional, pedagogical, and pragmatic reasoning advanced by the major Jewish thinkers. This volume covers Jewish thinkers from the Bible, rabbis and Hellenistic philosophers through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, including Saadiah, Halevi, Maimonides, Albo, and many others. Heinemann addresses such questions as: "What were the Biblical, rabbinic, medieval, and modern rationales offered for the commandments in the course of Jewish thought?"
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- The Reason for the Mitzvot -- Author’s Preface to First Edition (1942) -- Translator’s Preface -- Chapter 1. The Nature of the Question -- Chapter 2. The Biblical View -- Chapter 3. The Views of the Rabbis -- Chapter 4. The Views of the Hellenistic Jews -- Chapter 5. Views of the Medieval Philosophers -- Chapter 6. Saadia Gaon -- Chapter 7. Baḥya ben Joseph Ibn Pakudah -- Chapter 8. Rabbi Judah Halevi -- Chapter 9. Abraham Ibn Ezra -- Chapter 10. Abraham Ibn Daud -- Chapter 11. Maimonides -- Chapter 12. Gersonides -- Chapter 13. Ḥasdai Crescas -- Chapter 14. Joseph Albo -- Chapter 15. Don Isaac Abravanel -- Chapter 16. Summary of the Medieval Thinkers -- Chapter 17. Principal Conclusions -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index

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This classic work by early-20th-century Jewish humanist and scholar Isaac Heinemann surveys the crucial phases of Jewish thought concerning correct conduct as codified in the commandments. Heinemann provides his own systematic insights about the intellectual, emotional, pedagogical, and pragmatic reasoning advanced by the major Jewish thinkers. This volume covers Jewish thinkers from the Bible, rabbis and Hellenistic philosophers through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, including Saadiah, Halevi, Maimonides, Albo, and many others. Heinemann addresses such questions as: "What were the Biblical, rabbinic, medieval, and modern rationales offered for the commandments in the course of Jewish thought?"

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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