Cambridge Companion to Maimonides

Informationen zum Autor Kenneth Seeskin is a Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University and winner of the Koret Jewish Book Award. He is the author of Jewish Philosophy in a Secular Age, Maimonides: A Guide for Today's Perplexed, No Other Gods: The Modern Struggle Against Idolatry, Searching for a Distant God: The Legacy of Maimonides, and Autonomy in Jewish Philosophy. Klappentext Discusses the problems Maimonides encountered! showing the depth and breadth of his philosophical thought. Zusammenfassung This companion volume contains twelve essays by leading scholars on the life, thought, and influence of one of Judaism's greatest thinkers: Moses Maimonides (1138–1204). Philosopher, Rabbi, Bible commentator, physician, Talmudic expositor and social commentator, Maimonides wrote on subjects that touch every aspect of life. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Moses Maimonides: an intellectual portrait Joel Kraemer; 2. The Guide and Maimonides' philosophical sources Alfred L. Ivry; 3. Metaphysics and its transcendence Kenneth Seeskin; 4. Maimonides' epistemology Josef Stern; 5. Maimonides' philosophy of sciences Gad Freudenthal; 6. Maimonides' moral theory David Shatz; 7. Maimonides' political philosophy Haim Kreisel; 8. Jurisprudence David Novak; 9. Bible commentary Sara Klein-Braslavy; 10. Spiritual life Menachem Kellner; 11. Maimonides' esotericism and educational philosophy Aviezer Ravitsky; 12. Maimonides: a guide for posterity Seymour Feldman.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kenneth Seeskin, Kenneth (Northwestern University Seeskin, Seeskin Kenneth
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 26.09.2005
• EAN: 9780521819749
• ISBN: 978-0-521-81974-9
• Pagine: 424
• Serie: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy; Cambridge Companions to Philos; Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: dall'antichità ai giorni nostri; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Medioevo; RELIGION / Judaism / General, Theology, Social & political philosophy, Judaism, Philosophy of religion, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Non-Western philosophy, Islamic & Arabic philosophy