Maimonides and the book that changed Judaism secrets of The Guide for the Perplexed

Part I. God. 1. The God of Maimonides2. 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...

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1. Verfasser:	Gudman, Mikhah (VerfasserIn)
Format:	UnknownFormat
Sprache:	eng
Veröffentlicht:	Philadelphia, Pa. Jewish Publ. Soc. 2015
Schlagworte:	Maimonides, Moses > Jewish philosophy > Philosophy, Medieval > Jüdische Philosophie
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Zusammenfassung:	Part I. God. 1. The God of Maimonides2. 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.
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:	XXI, 274 S.
ISBN:	9780827612105 978-0-8276-1210-5