Philosophers and the Jewish Bible
Speaking about God: Bahya as biblical exegete / Diana Lobel -- The dual nature of the biblical angel in the philosophy of Maimonides / Hannah Kasher -- The hermeneutics of order in medieval Jewish philosophical exegesis / Robert Eisen -- Ambiguities of scriptural exegesis: Joseph ibn Kaspi on God�...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Bethesda, Md.
Univ. Press of Maryland
2008
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| In: |
Studies and texts in Jewish history and culture (17)
Year: 2008 |
| Series/Journal: | Studies and texts in Jewish history and culture
17 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ Jewish philosophy
B Jewish philosophy / Jewish theology |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Conference program 2003 (College Park, Md)
B Philosophy, Jewish B Jewish philosophers B Bible Philosophy B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag) |
| Summary: | Speaking about God: Bahya as biblical exegete / Diana Lobel -- The dual nature of the biblical angel in the philosophy of Maimonides / Hannah Kasher -- The hermeneutics of order in medieval Jewish philosophical exegesis / Robert Eisen -- Ambiguities of scriptural exegesis: Joseph ibn Kaspi on God's foreknowledge / Charles H. Manekin -- Spinoza, history, and Jewish modernity / Michael A. Rosenthal -- What Maimonides can teach us about reading the Bible / Kenneth Seeskin -- Jacob and Isaac: a tale of deception and self-deception / Charlotte Katzoff -- God's project / Jerome M. Segal -- Samson and self-destroying evil / Eleonore Stump -- Against theology / Howard Wettstein |
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| Item Description: | "The present volume consists mostly of essays based on presentations given at two conferences held in the fall of 2003, one at the University of Maryland at College Park and the other at the University of Haifa in Israel, focusing on the theme of philosophers and the Hebrew Bible"- Introd |
| Physical Description: | IX, 245 S. |
| ISBN: | 1934309206 |