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Maimonides and the Book That Changed Judaism : Secrets of The Guide for the Perplexed /

A publishing sensation long at the top of the best-seller lists in Israel, the original Hebrew edition of Maimonides and the Book that Changed Judaism has been called the most successful book ever published in Israel on the preeminent medieval Jewish thinker Moses Maimonides. The works of Maimonides...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Goodman, Micah (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Hebrew
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. God. 1. The God of Maimonides
  • 2. Prophecy
  • 3. Providence
  • 4. Redemption
  • 5. From negative theology to empowering humanity
  • Conclusion: The new religious hero
  • Part II. Torah. 6. Is the Torah divine?
  • 7. Reasons for the commandments
  • 8. Man and the Torah
  • 9. The universality of the Torah
  • Conclusion: Rising to the level of understanding
  • Part III. Perplexity. 10. Contradictions
  • 11. The creation of the world
  • 12. Perplexity and God
  • 13. The role of doubt
  • 14. Halakhah and dogmatism
  • 15. The crisis of reason
  • 16. The crisis of tradition
  • 17. From perplexity to mysticism and politics
  • 18. Therapeutic perplexity
  • Conclusion: The purpose of life.