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Moses and Abraham Maimonides : encountering the Divine /

"Moses Maimonides-a proud heir to the Andalusian tradition of Aristotelian philosophy-crafted a bold and original philosophical interpretation of Torah and Judaism. His son Abraham Maimonides is a fascinating maverick whose Torah commentary mediates between the philosophical interpretations of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lobel, Diana (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2021.
Series:Emunot.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Index
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Part One: Moses and Abraham Maimonides on Created Light, Created Word, and the Event at Mount Sinai
  • 1. Abraham Maimonides on Created Light in the Cleft of the Rock: Exodus 33:22
  • 2. Maimonides on Created Light: An Esoteric Interpretation
  • 3. Abraham and Moses Maimonides on Cloud and Glory: Exodus 16:9-10/Guide III:9
  • 4. Abraham Maimonides on Created Light in the Preparation for the Sinai Event
  • 5. Maimonides on the Theophany at Mount Sinai
  • 6. Abraham Maimonides on the Created Word at Mount Sinai: Between Maimonides and R. Abraham he-Ḥasid
  • 7. Abraham and Moses Maimonides on Created Light in the Vision of the Nobles
  • Part Two: Ehyeh asher Ehyeh and the Tetragrammaton: Between Eternity and Necessary Existence
  • 8. Introduction: Ehyeh asher Ehyeh and the Tetragrammaton
  • 9. Rabbinic Interpretations of Ehyeh asher Ehyeh
  • 10. The Interpretation of Saadya Gaon
  • 11. Saadya's Long Commentary to Exodus 3:13-15
  • 12. Abraham Maimonides on Saadya Gaon
  • 13. The Interpretation of Maimonides
  • 14. Abraham on Eternity and Relationship
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index