Perspectives on Maimonides : philosophical and historical studies
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Perspectives on Maimonides : philosophical and historical studies
（The Littman library of Jewish civilization）
Published for the Littman Library by Oxford University Press, 1991
Available at / 3 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Leading scholars have combined forces to
produce this volume on the philosophy and legal views of Moses Maimonides
(1138-1204) and the historical context in which he worked. The philosophical
section examines Maimonides' ethical doctrine; his paradoxical life-style; his Guide of the Perplexed; his attitude to
mysticism; his use of language; and his theory of astronomy. The legal section
deals with law and medicine, the relation of Maimonides' legal thought to the
Talmud; his doctrine of a just war; and his theory of redemption and
Messianism. The history section examines Maimonides' accession to the position
of head of the Jewish community in its historical context, at the time of the
rise of the 'Ayyubid dynasty under Saladin.
Table of Contents
Abbreviations
Contributors
Introduction - JOEL L. KRAEMER
Part I Philosophy: Ethics, Politics, Metaphysics
1 The Ethical Views of Maimonides within the context of Islamicate Civilization - LAWRENCE V. BERMAN
2 Maimonides' Governance of the Solitary - RALPH LERNER
3 Maimonides in the Sultan's Palace - STEVEN HARVEY
4 Maimonides on the Philosophic Sciences in his Treatise on the Art of Logic - JOEL L. KRAEMER
5 Why Maimonides was not a Mutakallim - WARREN ZEV HARVEY
6 Neoplatonic Currents in Maimonides' Thought - ALFRED L. IVRY
7 Maimonides' Quest beyond Philosophy and Prophecy - ITHAMAR GRUENWALD
8 The 'True Perplexity': The Guide of the Perplexed, Part II, Chapter 24 - TZVI LANGERMANN
9 Maimonides on Religious Language - ARTHUR HYMAN
Part II Jewish Law
10 Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed on Forbidden Food in the light of his own Medical Opinion - JACOB LEVINGER
11 Holy War in Maimonidean Law - GERALD J. BLIDSTEIN
12 'To the Utmost of Human Capacity': Maimonides on the Days of the Messiah - AVIEZER RAVITZKY
13 Maimonides on Eretz Yisrael: Halakhic, Philosophic, and Historical Perspectives - ISADORE TWERSKY
Part III History
14 'At Our Place in al-Andalus', 'At Our Place in the Maghreb' - JOSHUA BLAU
15 The Early Decades of Ayyubid Rule - JOSEPH DRORY
16 Saladin's Egypt and Maimonides - ANDREW S. EHRENKREUTZ
17 Saladin's Religious Personality, Policy, and Image - MICHAEL WINTER
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"