Maimonides and his heritage

Moses Maimonides and the world of Islam / David J. Wasserstein -- Maimonides as biblical exegete / Arthur Hyman -- Philosophical themes in Maimonides--Sefer ahavah / Menachem Kellner -- Maimonides on joy / Moshe Sokol -- Maimonides' psychology / Alfred Ivry -- Bahya and Maimonides on the worth...

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Contributors: Dobbs-Weinstein, Idit 1950- (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Albany, NY State University of New York Press c 2009
In:Year: 2009
Series/Journal:SUNY series in Jewish philosophy
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Maimonides, Moses 1135-1204
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Maimonides, Moses (1135-1204)
B Jewish Philosophy
B Philosophy, Jewish
B Philosophy, Medieval
B Maimonides, Moses 1135-1204
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Summary:Moses Maimonides and the world of Islam / David J. Wasserstein -- Maimonides as biblical exegete / Arthur Hyman -- Philosophical themes in Maimonides--Sefer ahavah / Menachem Kellner -- Maimonides on joy / Moshe Sokol -- Maimonides' psychology / Alfred Ivry -- Bahya and Maimonides on the worth of medicine / Lenn E. Goodman -- The ambiguity of the imagination and the ambivalence of language in Maimonides and Spinoza / Idit Dobbs-Weinstein -- The philosophical mysticism of Maimonides and Maimon / Gideon Freudenthal -- Persecution and the art of representation: Schocken's Maimonides: anthologies of the 1930s / Martina Urban -- Maimonides in the crucible of Zionism: reflections on Yeshayahu: Leibowitz's negative theology / Paul Mendes-Flohr -- Can we be Maimonideans today? / David Novak
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0791476553