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Author : Jacob J. Staub
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Creation of the World According to Gersonides written by Jacob J. Staub and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Birnbaum
Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780881253078
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book God and Evil written by David Birnbaum and published by KTAV Publishing House, Inc.. This book was released on 1989 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: V. 1. David Birnbaum's God and Evil is a major theological study which systematically confronts the philosophical problem of evil, and the Holocaust in particular. It presents an extensively researched and comprehensive review of the subject. In a clearly presented and readable exposition, Birnbaum then proposes a refreshing and powerful formulation. Combining modern and classic, rationalist and mystic themes, Birnbaum's proposed solution to the ancient problem of evil is perhaps the most elegant to appear in modern times. Though proceeding from a Jewish context, Birnbaum's compelling presentation and original synthesis will be of considerable value to adherents of all Western religions. God and Evil has been acclaimed by philosophers and theologians of all faiths. V. 2. This is a highly intuitive work attempting to advance our speculative conjecture about the cosmos but fully comporting to our knowledge of the spectrum of various realities, across the sciences, both physical and social. The work is written within a Jewish context, but its motifs are universal. If the construct proposed herein proves to stand the test of time, mainstream Jewish philosophy and theology will comport to its contours and other belief systems will find ways to accommodate its assertions. -- Amazon.com.
Author : Peter Adamson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191084840
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Philosophy in the Islamic World written by Peter Adamson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-10 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest in the series based on the popular History of Philosophy podcast, this volume presents the first full history of philosophy in the Islamic world for a broad readership. It takes an approach unprecedented among introductions to this subject, by providing full coverage of Jewish and Christian thinkers as well as Muslims, and by taking the story of philosophy from its beginnings in the world of early Islam all the way through to the twentieth century. Major figures like Avicenna, Averroes, and Maimonides are covered in great detail, but the book also looks at less familiar thinkers, including women philosophers. Attention is also given to the philosophical relevance of Islamic theology (kalam) and mysticism—the Sufi tradition within Islam, and Kabbalah among Jews—and to science, with chapters on disciplines like optics and astronomy. The book is divided into three sections, with the first looking at the first blossoming of Islamic theology and responses to the Greek philosophical tradition in the world of Arabic learning. This 'formative period' culminates with the work of Avicenna, the pivotal figure to whom most later thinkers feel they must respond. The second part of the book discusses philosophy in Muslim Spain (Andalusia), where Jewish philosophers come to the fore, though this is also the setting for such thinkers as Averroes and Ibn Arabi. Finally, a third section looks in unusual detail at later developments, touching on philosophy in the Ottoman, Mughal, and Safavid empires and showing how thinkers in the nineteenth to the twentieth century were still concerned to respond to the ideas that had animated philosophy in the Islamic world for centuries, while also responding to political and intellectual challenges from the European colonial powers.
Author : Robert Eisen
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791423134
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (231 download)
Download or read book Gersonides on Providence, Covenant, and the Chosen People written by Robert Eisen and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a careful examination of the doctrine of Jewish chosenness in the light of Gersonides's thought on providential suffering and on inherited providence. Gersonides is one of the most interesting and important philosophers of the later Jewish Middle Ages.
Author : Dan Cohn-Sherbok
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134799993
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)
Download or read book Fifty Key Jewish Thinkers written by Dan Cohn-Sherbok and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This popular Key Guide provides an overview of the broader intellectual currents of Jewish philosophy. It includes a chronological table and maps.
Author : Norbert M. Samuelson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521452147
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (214 download)
Download or read book Judaism and the Doctrine of Creation written by Norbert M. Samuelson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-11-24 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The topic of this book is 'creation'. It breaks down into discussions of two distinct, but interrelated, questions: what does the universe look like, and what is its origin? The opinions about creation considered by Norbert Samuelson come from the Hebrew scriptures, Greek philosophy, Jewish philosophy and contemporary physics. His perspective is Jewish, liberal and philosophical. It is 'Jewish' because the foundation of the discussion is biblical texts interpreted in the light of traditional rabbinic texts. It is 'philosophical' because the subject matter is important in both past and present philosophical texts, and to Jewish philosophy in particular. Finally, it is 'liberal' because the authorities consulted include heterodox as well as orthodox Jewish sources. The ensuing discussion leads to original conclusions about a diversity of topics, including the limits of human reason and religious faith, and the relevance of scientific models to religious doctrine.
Author : Ofer Elior
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004425284
Total Pages : 691 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Gersonides' Afterlife written by Ofer Elior and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-06-29 with total page 691 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gersonides’ Afterlife is the first full-scale treatment of the reception of one of the greatest scientific minds of medieval Judaism: the philosopher-scientist Levi ben Gershom (1288–1344). The papers collected here describe his multifarious impact from the fourteenth century to present-day religious Zionism.
Author : Seymour Feldman
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1789624800
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (896 download)
Download or read book Gersonides written by Seymour Feldman and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The philosopher, astronomer, and biblical exegete known both as Gersonides and Ralbag (1288-1344) wrote a veritable library of works that testify not only to the breadth of his intellectual concerns but to his attempt to forge a synthesis between the secular sciences and Judaism. This is the first English-language study to assess his place and significance for Jewish thought, and it offers a comprehensive picture of his philosophy that is both descriptive and evaluative.
Author : Ruth Glasner
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191054739
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Gersonides written by Ruth Glasner and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-05-21 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gersonides was a highly original Jewish philosopher, scientist and biblical exegete, active in Provence in the first half of the fourteenth century. Ruth Glasner explores his impressive achievements, and argues that the key to understanding his originality is his perspective as an applied mathematical scientist. It was this perspective that led him to examine Aristotelianism from directions different from those usually adopted by contemporary scholastic scholars. Gersonides started on his way, as he himself claims, as a 'mathematician, natural scientist, and philosopher', who believed in his power to solve the main problems of medieval science. He ended up concentrating on his work as a mathematical astronomer, developing techniques of observation and computation, and somewhat less optimistic about the prospect of scientific knowledge.
Author : Daniel Frank
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113489435X
Total Pages : 871 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)
Download or read book History of Jewish Philosophy written by Daniel Frank and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-10-20 with total page 871 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jewish philosophy is often presented as an addendum to Jewish religion rather than as a rich and varied tradition in its own right, but the History of Jewish Philosophy explores the entire scope and variety of Jewish philosophy from philosophical interpretations of the Bible right up to contemporary Jewish feminist and postmodernist thought. The links between Jewish philosophy and its wider cultural context are stressed, building up a comprehensive and historically sensitive view of Jewish philosophy and its place in the development of philosophy as a whole. Includes: · Detailed discussions of the most important Jewish philosophers and philosophical movements · Descriptions of the social and cultural contexts in which Jewish philosophical thought developed throughout the centuries · Contributions by 35 leading scholars in the field, from Britain, Canada, Israel and the US · Detailed and extensive bibliographies
Author : T.M. Rudavsky
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791493253
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)
Download or read book Time Matters written by T.M. Rudavsky and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the importance of time and cosmology to Western thought, surprisingly little attention has been paid to these issues in histories of Jewish philosophy. Focusing on how medieval philosophers constructed a philosophical theology that was sensitive to religious constraints and yet also incorporated compelling elements of science and philosophy, T. M. Rudavsky traces the development of the concepts of time, cosmology, and creation in the writings of Ibn Gabirol, Maimonides, Gersonides, Crescas, Spinoza, and others.
Author : Sara Klein-Braslavy
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900420699X
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Download or read book "Without Any Doubt" written by Sara Klein-Braslavy and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-06-09 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book collects eight articles on the thought and method of Gersonides (Provence, 1288-1344). They deal with: his methods of inquiry and composition; his use of introductions; his method in the supercommentaries on Averroes; and his methods of biblical exegesis.
Author : Kyle R. Greenwood
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 1493411330
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)
Download or read book Since the Beginning written by Kyle R. Greenwood and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few passages in the Hebrew Bible have been subject to more scrutiny than Genesis 1 and 2. In this volume, a diverse international team of experts guides readers through interpretations of the Genesis creation stories throughout history, inviting them to consider perspectives from the earliest times to the present. The book offers an accurate description of how these chapters have been read through the centuries, explaining each interpretive approach in its own terms. Each chapter includes sidebars and suggestions for further reading.
Author : Colette Sirat
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521397278
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (972 download)
Download or read book A History of Jewish Philosophy in the Middle Ages written by Colette Sirat and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1990-11-30 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive survey of medieval Jewish philosophy provides in-depth coverage for such major figures as Saadiah Gaon, Maimonides, Abraham Ibn Ezra, Judah Halevi, Abraham Ibn Daoud and Gersonides.
Author : Bruce Foltz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472580427
Total Pages : 737 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)
Download or read book Medieval Philosophy written by Bruce Foltz and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 737 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medieval Philosophy: A Multicultural Reader comprises a comparative, multicultural reading of the four main traditions of the medieval period with extensive sections on Greek-Byzantine, Latin, Jewish, and Islamic traditions. The book also includes an initial 'Predecessors' section, presenting readings (with introductions) from figures of antiquity upon whom all four traditions have drawn. Representative readings from each of the four great traditions are presented chronologically in four different tracks, along with engaging and accessible introductions to the traditions themselves, as well as each individual thinker-all selected and presented by noted scholars within each respective tradition. This groundbreaking collection: -Offers readings from early thinkers that contextualize the medieval traditions. -Presents, for the first time, extensive readings from the Byzantine Christian tradition that has wielded an important cultural influence from Russia and the Balkans to the Middle East and Northern Africa. -Chooses and interprets texts that are integrally important within each of these four traditions–living traditions that continue to shape values and beliefs today–rather than seen from an external point of view, such as that of a later school of philosophy. -Juxtaposes extensive readings from poetic and mystical elements within these traditions alongside the usual, often more analytical readings. -Features a timeline of the entire period, a map indicating the locations associated with philosophers included in this volume, an annotated guide to further reading on each of these traditions, and an index of names and of subjects that appear in the volume. Given its relevance for approaching the medieval world on its own terms, as well as for understanding the foundations of our own world, the volume is intended not only as an academic textbook and reference work, but as a readable and informative guide for the general reader who wishes to understand these great philosophical and religious traditions that continue to influence our world today-or perhaps to simply glean the wisdom from these enduring texts. This is a culturally inclusive title, which seeks to provide the reader with a rich, varied and comprehensive insight into the entirety of the medieval philosophical world.
Author : Richard Henry Popkin
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231101295
Total Pages : 868 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)
Download or read book The Columbia History of Western Philosophy written by Richard Henry Popkin and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Popkin has assembled 63 leading scholars to forge a chronological account of the development of Western philosophical traditions. From Plato to Wittgenstein and from Aquinas to Heidegger, this volume provides lively, in-depth, and up-to-date historical analyses of all the key figures, schools, and movements of Western philosophy. Each chapter includes an introductory essay, and Popkin provides notes that draw connections among the separate articles. The rich bibliographic information and the indexes of names and terms make the volume a invaluable resource.
Author : Michael Terry
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135941572
Total Pages : 1768 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)
Download or read book Reader's Guide to Judaism written by Michael Terry and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 1768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reader's Guide to Judaism is a survey of English-language translations of the most important primary texts in the Jewish tradition. The field is assessed in some 470 essays discussing individuals (Martin Buber, Gluckel of Hameln), literature (Genesis, Ladino Literature), thought and beliefs (Holiness, Bioethics), practice (Dietary Laws, Passover), history (Venice, Baghdadi Jews of India), and arts and material culture (Synagogue Architecture, Costume). The emphasis is on Judaism, rather than on Jewish studies more broadly.
