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The Cambridge companion to Maimonides /

One aim of this series is to dispel the intimidation readers feel when faced with the work of difficult and challenging thinkers. Moses ben Maimon, also known as Maimonides (1138-1204), represents the high point of Jewish rationalism in the middle ages. He played a pivotal role in the transition of...

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Other Authors: Seeskin, Kenneth
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
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Online Access:http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0422/2004020376.html
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Table of Contents:
  • Moses Maimonides : an intellectual portrait / Joel L. Kraemer
  • The Guide and Maimonides' philosophical sources / Alfred L. Ivry
  • Metaphysics and its transcendence / Kenneth Seeskin
  • Maimonides' epistemology / Josef Stern
  • Maimonides' philosophy of sciences / Gad Freudenthal
  • Maimonides' moral theory / David Shatz
  • Maimonides' political philosophy / Haim Kreisel
  • Jurisprudence / David Novak
  • Bible commentary / Sara Klein-Braslavy
  • Spiritual life / Menachem Kellner
  • Maimonides : esotericism and educational philosophy / Aviezer Ravitzky
  • Maimonides : a guide for posterity / Seymour Feldman.