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Gersonides: Judaism Within the Limits of Reason

Categorie	Israël & Judaica
Boeknummer	#340166-XF24
Titel	Gersonides: Judaism Within the Limits of Reason
Auteur	Feldman, Seymour
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Oxford/Portland, OR : The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
Jaar van uitgave	2010
ISBN10	1906764786
ISBN13	9781906764784
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Gersonides (1288-1344), known also as Ralbag, was a philosopher of the first rank as well as an astronomer and biblical exegete, yet this is the first English-language study of the significance of his work for Jewish thought. Seymour Feldman, the acclaimed translator of Gersonides' most important work, The Wars of the Lord - a complete philosophical system and astronomical encyclopedia - has written a comprehensive picture of Gersonides' philosophy that is both descriptive and evaluative. Unusually for a Jewish scholar, Gersonides had contacts with several Christian notables and scholars. It is known that these related to mathematical and astronomical matters; the extent to which these contacts also influenced his philosophical thought is a matter of some controversy. Unquestionably, howev... (Lees verder)er, he wrote a veritable library of philosophical, scientific, and exegetical works that testify not only to the range of his intellectual concerns but also to his attempt to forge a philosophical-scientific synthesis between these secular sciences and Judaism.
Pagina's	254
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 20,00

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