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Knowing the Unknowable God Ibn-Sina, Maimonides, Aquinas

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ISBN-10: 0268012261

ISBN-13: 9780268012267

Edition: 1986

Authors: David B. Burrell

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"This study of Ibn-Sina, Maimonides, and Thomas Aquinas on the structure and significance of language about God reminds us that such ecumenical dialogue was immensely productive in the Middle Ages, and the author's perspective suggests how richly rewarding the renewal of such conversations might be for current philosophy among Jews, Christians, and Muslims." --Bernard McGinn, Naomi Shenstone Donnelley Professor of Historical Theology and the History of Christianity, University of Chicago Divinity School "Historians, philosophers, theologians, and those concerned with interreligious dialogue will all find this book important." --George Lindbeck, Pitkin Professor Emeritus of Historical…    
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Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Publication date: 1/31/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 140
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.30" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

#60;b#62;David B. #60;/b#62;#60;b#62;Burrell#60;/b#62;, Hesburgh Professor emeritus at University of Notre Dame, teaches Ethics and Development at Uganda Martyrs University. He has published extensively in comparative issues in philosophical theology in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and is the author of #60;i#62;Faith and Freedom#60;/i#62; (2006), Wiley-Blackwell.#60;/p#62;

Preface
Picturing the Connection
A Central Distinction: Essence/Existence
the Nature of Divinity
Names of God: Attributes of Divine Nature
God's Knowledge of Particulars
Eternal Creator of Contingent Things
Index