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Maimonides' confrontation with mysticism /
"This book takes issue with the widespread assumption that Maimonides famous Thirteen Principles are the last word in Orthodox Jewish theology. The author shows that numerous traditional theologians in the last 900 years have in fact taken issue with Maimonides principles, both in their details...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford [England] ; Portland, Or. :
Littman Library of Jewish Civilization,
2006.
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| Colección: | Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Note on Transliteration and Conventions Used in the Text; 1. Maimonides' Critique of the Jewish Culture of his Day; Introduction; The Judaism Maimonides Opposed; The Philosophical Basis of Maimonides' Opposition; Esotericism and Elitism; Maimonides' Failure; Elements of Proto-Kabbalah; Maimonides' Opposition to the World of Proto-Kabbalah; Excursus: Terminology; 2. The Institutional Character of Halakhah; Introduction; Two Opposing Views; Maimonides'View; Maimonides' Motivation; Mistakes and Errors in Halakhah/Science/Dogma; Error in 'Science'; Halakhah as Instrumental.
- Halakhah and TheologyGod and Abraham: Who Chose Whom?; 3. Holiness; Introduction; A Glance at the Biblical Evidence; Maimonides on the Nature of Holiness in General; Holy Persons; The People of Israel; The Sanctity of the Land of Israel and of Jerusalem; Holy Things: Torah, Tefilin, Mezuzot; Holy Times; 4. Ritual Purity and Impurity; Introduction: Two Ancient Views on Ritual Purity and Impurity; Judah Halevi on Ritual Purity and Impurity; Maimonides on Ritual Purity and Impurity; Maimonides on the Sacrificial Cult and the Laws of Ritual Purity and Impurity.
- Maimonides on the Moral Significance of the Laws of Ritual Purity and ImpurityCritiques of Maimonides' Account of the Sacrifices; 5. The Hebrew Language; Introduction; Judah Halevi on the Hebrew Language; Maimonides on the Hebrew Language; Why Did Maimonides Adopt his Position?; Nahmanides' Critique; 6. Kavod, Shekhinah, and Created Light; Introduction; Shekhinah, Kavod, and Created Light in Rabbinic Texts; Sa'adiah Gaon; Judah Halevi; Maimonides on Kavod in the Guide of the Perplexed; Maimonides on Shekhinah in the Guide of the Perplexed.
- Maimonides on Created Light in the Guide of the PerplexedShekhinah and Kavod in the Mishneh torah and Commentary on the Mishnah; 7. Jews and Non-Jews; Introduction; Theory of the Acquired Intellect; Jews and Non-Jews; Digression: Which of the Thirteen Principles Must Actually Be Accepted to Achieve a Share in the World to Come?; Who Is an ' Israelite'?; Wise Non-Jews and the World to Come; Was Maimonides Truly Universalist?; 8. Angels; Introduction; Angels in Rabbinic Thought; Angels in Piyutim; Angels in Heikhalot Literature; Sa'adiah Gaon and Judah Halevi on Angels; Maimonides on Angels.
- Afterword: Contemporary Resistance to the Maimonidean ReformGlossary; A; B; D; E; G; H; I; K; M; N; P; S; T; Z; Bibliography; Index of Citations from Moses Maimonides and Judah Halevi; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.