Prophecy: The History of an Idea in Medieval Jewish PhilosophySpringer Science & Business Media, 2001 M07 31 - 669 páginas More than any other topic, prophecy represents the point at which the Divine meets the human, the Absolute meets the relative. How can a human being attain the Word of God? In what manner does God, when conceived as eternal and transcendent, address corporeal, transitory creatures? What happens to God's divine Truth when it is beheld by minds limited in their power to apprehend, and influenced by the intellectual currents of their time and place? How were these issues viewed by the great Jewish philosophers of the past, who took the divine communication and all it entails seriously, while at the same time desired to understand it as much as humanly possible in the course of dealing with a myriad of other issues that occupied their attention? This book offers an in-depth study of prophecy in the thought of seven of the leading medieval Jewish philosophers: R. Saadiah Gaon, R. Judah Halevi, Maimonides, Gersonides, R. Hasdai Crescas, R. Joseph Albo and Baruch Spinoza. It attempts to capture the `original voice' of these thinkers by looking at the intellectual milieus in which they developed their philosophies, and by carefully analyzing their views in their textual contexts. It also deals with the relation between the earlier approaches and the later ones. Overall, this book presents a significant model for narrating the history of an idea. |
Contenido
Introduction | 1 |
R Saadiah Gaon The Book of Beliefs | 27 |
R Judah Halevi The Kuzari | 94 |
R Moses ben Maimon Maimonides | 148 |
Three Opinions Concerning | 222 |
The Revelation at Sinai | 230 |
Description of the Phenomenon | 239 |
Divine Legislation | 257 |
Prophecy in the Commentary on Averroes | 326 |
Prophecy in The Wars of the Lord | 350 |
Creation Miracles and | 392 |
Prophecy in Gersonides Bible Commentaries | 399 |
R Hasdai Crescas The Light of the Lord | 414 |
Conclusion | 419 |
R Joseph Albo The Book of Principles | 486 |
the Prophecy of Moses | 528 |
Dream and Vision Prophecy | 263 |
Levels of Prophecy | 270 |
Concluding Discussion | 284 |
Conclusion | 305 |
The Treatise on Resurrection | 312 |
Baruch Spinoza Tractatus TheologicoPoliticus | 544 |
Epilogue | 587 |
Bibliography | 641 |
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Prophecy: The History of an Idea in Medieval Jewish Philosophy Howard Kreisel Vista previa limitada - 2012 |
Prophecy: The History of an Idea in Medieval Jewish Philosophy Howard Kreisel Vista previa limitada - 2003 |
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The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Jewish Philosophy Daniel H. Frank,Oliver Leaman Vista previa limitada - 2003 |
The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Jewish Philosophy Daniel H. Frank,Oliver Leaman Vista previa limitada - 2003 |