Maimonides on the origin of the world

Author(s)

• Seeskin, Kenneth

Bibliographic Information

Maimonides on the origin of the world

Kenneth Seeskin

Cambridge University Press, c2005

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-207) and index

Contents of Works

• God and the problem of origin
• Creation in the Timaeus
• Aristotle and the arguments for eternity
• Plotinus and metaphysical causation
• Particularity
• Nature, miracles, and the end of the world
• Aftermath and conclusion

Details

• NCID: BA7577457X
• ISBN:
  • 052184553X
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 215 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : B759.M34
  • DC22 : 213/.092
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204
  • LCSH : Creation
  • LCSH : Bible. O.T. Genesis I. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish
  • LCSH : Philosophy, Ancient
  • LCSH : Philosophy, Medieval
  • LCSH : Philosophy, Jewish