Daniel Davies

Method and Metaphysics in Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates the substance and presentation of major metaphysical themes in Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed. Using rigorous philosophy it seeks to refute the view that the Guide hides an ''esoteric'' philosophical meaning beneath a traditional veneer, and offers a new explanation of his esotericism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780199768738
• ISBN-10: 0199768730
• Artikelnr.: 36933353

Autorenporträt

Research Associate, Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit; Member of Clare Hall at Cambridge University

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One: Interpreting Maimonides in his Multiple Contexts
Chapter Two: A Dialectical Topic:
Creation
Chapter Three: Necessity and the Law
Chapter Four: Religious Language (A):
Negative Theology and Divine Perfections
Chapter Five: Religious Language (B):
Perfections and Simplicity
Chapter Six: Religious Language (C):
God's Knowledge as a Divine Perfection
Chapter Seven: ''Secrets of the Torah'':
Ezekiel's Vision of the Chariot
Chapter Eight: The Scope and Accuracy of Ezekiel's Prophecy
Chapter Nine: ''A Kind of Conclusion''
Bibliography