TY - BOOK AU - Lobel,Diana TI - Moses and Abraham Maimonides: encountering the Divine T2 - Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah SN - 1644695863 AV - BM755.A23 L63 2021 U1 - 296.3/112 23 PY - 2021/// CY - Boston PB - Academic Studies Press KW - Maimonides, Moses, KW - Abraham ben Moses ben Maimon, KW - God (Judaism) KW - Name KW - Presence of God KW - Revelation KW - Judaism KW - Dieu (Judaïsme) KW - Nom KW - Présence de Dieu KW - Révélation KW - Judaïsme KW - RELIGION KW - Kabbalah & Mysticism KW - bisacsh KW - RELIGION / Judaism / Kabbalah & Mysticism KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Frontmatter --; Index --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; Part One: Moses and Abraham Maimonides on Created Light, Created Word, and the Event at Mount Sinai --; 1. Abraham Maimonides on Created Light in the Cleft of the Rock: Exodus 33:22 --; 2. Maimonides on Created Light: An Esoteric Interpretation --; 3. Abraham and Moses Maimonides on Cloud and Glory: Exodus 16:9-10/Guide III:9 --; 4. Abraham Maimonides on Created Light in the Preparation for the Sinai Event --; 5. Maimonides on the Theophany at Mount Sinai --; 6. Abraham Maimonides on the Created Word at Mount Sinai: Between Maimonides and R. Abraham he-Ḥasid --; 7. Abraham and Moses Maimonides on Created Light in the Vision of the Nobles --; Part Two: Ehyeh asher Ehyeh and the Tetragrammaton: Between Eternity and Necessary Existence --; 8. Introduction: Ehyeh asher Ehyeh and the Tetragrammaton --; 9. Rabbinic Interpretations of Ehyeh asher Ehyeh --; 10. The Interpretation of Saadya Gaon --; 11. Saadya's Long Commentary to Exodus 3:13-15 --; 12. Abraham Maimonides on Saadya Gaon --; 13. The Interpretation of Maimonides --; 14. Abraham on Eternity and Relationship --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index N2 - "Moses Maimonides-a proud heir to the Andalusian tradition of Aristotelian philosophy-crafted a bold and original philosophical interpretation of Torah and Judaism. His son Abraham Maimonides is a fascinating maverick whose Torah commentary mediates between the philosophical interpretations of his father, the contextual approach of Biblical exegetes such as Saadya, and the Sufi-flavored illuminative mysticism of his Egyptian Pietist circle. This pioneering study explores the intersecting approaches of Moses and Abraham Maimonides to the spark of divine illumination and revelation of the divine name Ehyeh asher Ehyeh, "I am that I am / I will be who I will be.""-- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2932146 ER -