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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)

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Author Biography: Hans Lewy

Book Synopsis

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.

Table of Contents

Philo : selections
Ch. 1God and world27
Ch. 2God and man31
Ch. 3Man and world39
Ch. 4The knowledge of God55
Ch. 5The mystic way75
Ch. 6The soul and her God85
Ch. 7On man's humility hope, faith and joy91
Ch. 8On vices and virtues99
Ch. 9Israel and the nations107
Saadya Gaon : book of doctrines and beliefs
Ch. 1Creatio Ex Nihilo167
Ch. 2The unity of the creator195
Ch. 3Commandment and prohibition217
Ch. 4On obedience and disobedience; compulsion and justice243
Ch. 5On merits and demerits255
Ch. 6On the essence of the soul, death, and what follows it271
Ch. 7The resurrection of the dead in the present world287
Ch. 8On the redemption of Israel301
Ch. 9On reward and punishment in the future world315
Yehudah Halevi : Kuzari
Kuzari : a book of proof and argument
Book I351
Commentary to book I375
Book II, the unity of God389
Commentary to book II409
Book III, religious life415
Commentary to book III437
Book IV, the names of God443
Commentary to book IV453
Book V, the philosophical and the religious approach to God457
Commentary to book V463
Songs465
Commentary to the songs473

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