Authors: Hans Lewy, Alexander Altmann (Editor), Isaak Heinemann
ISBN-13: 9781592641475, ISBN-10: 1592641474
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Toby Press LLC, The
Date Published: March 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)
This anthology brings together the most important works of three Jewish philosophers of the Middle Ages: Selections of the writings of Philo of Alexandria, edited with an introduction by Hans Lewy; Saadia Gaon's Book of Doctrines and Beliefs, abridged, introduced and translated from the Arabic by Alexander Altmann; and Yehudah Halevi's influential Kuzari, abridged and with an introduction and commentary by Isaak Heinemann, together with a selection of Halevi's poetry. All educated students of Jewish thought should be familiar with these seminal writers.
Philo : selections | ||
Ch. 1 | God and world | 27 |
Ch. 2 | God and man | 31 |
Ch. 3 | Man and world | 39 |
Ch. 4 | The knowledge of God | 55 |
Ch. 5 | The mystic way | 75 |
Ch. 6 | The soul and her God | 85 |
Ch. 7 | On man's humility hope, faith and joy | 91 |
Ch. 8 | On vices and virtues | 99 |
Ch. 9 | Israel and the nations | 107 |
Saadya Gaon : book of doctrines and beliefs | ||
Ch. 1 | Creatio Ex Nihilo | 167 |
Ch. 2 | The unity of the creator | 195 |
Ch. 3 | Commandment and prohibition | 217 |
Ch. 4 | On obedience and disobedience; compulsion and justice | 243 |
Ch. 5 | On merits and demerits | 255 |
Ch. 6 | On the essence of the soul, death, and what follows it | 271 |
Ch. 7 | The resurrection of the dead in the present world | 287 |
Ch. 8 | On the redemption of Israel | 301 |
Ch. 9 | On reward and punishment in the future world | 315 |
Yehudah Halevi : Kuzari | ||
Kuzari : a book of proof and argument | ||
Book I | 351 | |
Commentary to book I | 375 | |
Book II, the unity of God | 389 | |
Commentary to book II | 409 | |
Book III, religious life | 415 | |
Commentary to book III | 437 | |
Book IV, the names of God | 443 | |
Commentary to book IV | 453 | |
Book V, the philosophical and the religious approach to God | 457 | |
Commentary to book V | 463 | |
Songs | 465 | |
Commentary to the songs | 473 |