Norbert M. Samuelson

Judaism and the Doctrine of Creation

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A unique synthesis of religious belief and philosophy which puts an entirely new complexion on creation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 530g
• ISBN-13: 9780521046855
• ISBN-10: 0521046858
• Artikelnr.: 23177602

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Part I. The Modern Dogma of Creation: 1. Creation in Franz Rosenzweig's Star of Redemption
2. A critique of Rosenzweig's doctrine: is it Jewish and is it believable?
Part II. A Jewish View of Creation: 3. Classical Jewish philosophy
4. Classical rabbinic commentaries
Part III. The Foundations for the Jewish View of Creation: 5. The account of creation in Genesis
6. The account of the origin in Plato's Timaeus
Part IV. A Believable View of Creation: 7. Creation from the perspective of contemporary physics
8. Creation from the perspective of contemporary philosophy
Notes
Select bibliography
Indices.