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Moses Maimonides

Oliver Leaman

(Curzon Jewish philosophy series)

Curzon, 1997, c1990

Rev. ed

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"References": p. 181-182

"Select bibliography": p. 183-186

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Moses Maimonides (1135--1204) is recognized both as a leading Jewish thinker and as one of the most radical philosophers of the Islamic world. The study reveals the significance of Maimonides to contemporary philosophical and theological problems.

Table of Contents

  • Chapter 1 The cultural background
  • Chapter 2 How can we talk about God?
  • Chapter 3 Imagination and the objectivity of prophecy
  • Chapter 4 How did God create the world?
  • Chapter 5 The assault on the kal?m
  • Chapter 6 What can God know?
  • Chapter 7 How do we know?
  • Chapter 8 The next world
  • Chapter 9 Morality, law and explanation
  • Chapter 10 Persisting problems

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