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Jewish Philosophy A Historical Survey

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ISBN-10: 0826461417

ISBN-13: 9780826461414

Edition: 2003

Authors: Norbert Max Samuelson, Norbert Samuelson

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List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

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Introduction
The Origins
The Hebrew Scriptures
Biblical history: the story of the Hebrew Scriptures
What is the Bible and how was it created?
The God of the Bible
The biblical conception of Torah
The conception of Israel as the Chosen People
The biblical view of God
Early Rabbinic Literature
Rabbinic history: from Alexander the Great to Muhammad
Major texts of rabbinic Judaism
The God of the early rabbis
The Torah of the early rabbis
The Jewish people of the early rabbis
The rabbinic view of ethics
Classical Jewish Philosophy
Jewish Philosophy before Maimonides
Medieval history: from the rise of Islam to the expulsion from Christian Spain
Major texts and themes of Jewish philosophy
The Philosophy of Maimonides
The composition of The Guide of the Perplexed
God and the Bible
Creation and revelation
Divine providence
The reasons for the Commandments (ta'amei ha-mitsvot)
Jewish Philosophy after Maimonides
The rationalism of Gersonides
The non-rationalism of Crescas
Modern Jewish Philosophy
Jewish Philosophy before Rosenzweig
Modern history: from Christian Spain to secular Israel
The turning point--Baruch Spinoza
Cohen and Jewish idealism
Buber and Jewish existentialism
The Philosophy of Rosenzweig
The elements: God, world, and the human
The course: creation, revelation, and redemption
The configuration: Jewish people, Christian way, and the Kingdom of God
Conclusion
Jewish philosophy after Rosenzweig
Index