Medieval Jewish Philosophical Writings

Name: Medieval Jewish Philosophical Writings
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ISBN: 9780521549516

ISBN-10: 0521549515

ISBN-13: 9780521549516

Edition: 2007

Authors: Charles Manekin

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Medieval Jewish intellectuals living in Muslim and Christian lands were strongly concerned to recover what they regarded as a lost Jewish philosophical tradition. As part of this project they transmitted and produced many philosophical and scientific works and commentaries, as well as philosophical commentary on scripture, in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew, the principal literary languages of medieval Jewry. This volume presents new or revised translations of seven prominent medieval Jewish rationalists: Saadia Gaon, Solomon ibn Gabirol, Moses Maimonides, Isaac Albalag, Moses of Narbonne, Levi Gersonides, Hasdai Crescas and Joseph Albo - including, for the first time in English, the complete…

Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/3/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 302
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English



Introduction


Chronology


Further reading


Note on the texts and translations



Saadia Gaon, from The Book of the Beliefs and Convictions



Solomon ibn Gabirol and Shem Tov b. Joseph Falaquera, Excerpts from "The Source of Life"



Moses Maimonides, from The Guide of the Perplexed



Isaac Albalag, from The Emendation of the "Opinions"



Moses of Narbonne (Narboni), The Treatise on Choice



Levi Gersonides, from The Wars of the Lord



Hasdai Crescas, from The Light of the Lord Treatise Two



Joseph Albo, from The Book of Principles


Index