The classic Jewish philosophers : from Saadia through the Renaissance /

This book provides a standard reference of the major medieval Jewish philosophers, as well as an eminently readable narrative of the course of medieval Jewish philosophical thought, presented as a response to the spiritual-intellectual challenges facing Judaism in that period. The accounts of Saadia...

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Main Author: Schweid, Eliezer.

Other Authors: Levin, Leonard, 1946-

Format: eBook

Language: English
Hebrew

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Series: Supplements to The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy 3.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2007, ISBN: 9789004223073.

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Call Number: B755 .S381513 2008

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
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  • Chapter One. R. Saadia Gaon /
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  • Chapter Two. R. Isaac Ben Solomon Israeli /
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  • Chapter Three. R. Bahya Ben Joseph Ibn Pakudah /
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  • Chapter Four. R. Solomon Ibn Gabirol /
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  • Chapter Five. R. Abraham Bar Hiyya /
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  • Chapter Six. R. Judah Halevi /
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  • Chapter Seven. Maimonides'S Personality And Oeuvre /
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  • Chapter Eight. Maimonides'S Earlier Philosophical Writings The Introductions To The Mishnah /
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  • Chapter Nine. Maimonides' Politics, Psychology And Ethics /
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  • Chapter Ten. Maimonides'S Theory Of Prophecy /
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  • Chapter Eleven. Foundations Of Maimonides'S Theology /
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  • Chapter Twelve. Creation And Providence In Maimonides /
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  • Chapter Thirteen. Summary Of Maimonidean Thought /
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  • Chapter Fourteen. The Maimonidean Controversy /
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  • Chapter Fifteen. Transformations In Aristotelian Philosophy /
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  • Chapter Sixteen. Gersonides /
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  • Chapter Seventeen. R. Hasdai Crescas /
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  • Chapter Eighteen. R. Joseph Albo /
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  • Chapter Nineteen. The Turn To Cultural Thought /
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  • Chapter Twenty. From Spain To Italy /
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  • Bibliography /
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  • Index Of Names /
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  • Index Of Topics /
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