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Moses Maimonides »
Authors: Oliver Leaman, Leaman Oliver
ISBN-13: 9780700706761, ISBN-10: 0700706763
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: October 1997
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Oliver Leaman
Book Synopsis
Moses Maimonides (1135--1204) is recognized both as a leading Jewish thinker and as one of the most radical philosophers of the Islamic world. The study reveals the significance of Maimonides to contemporary philosophical and theological problems.
Table of Contents
| Preface | ||
| Introduction | ||
| Abbreviations | ||
| 1 | The Cultural Background | 1 |
| 2 | How Can We Talk About God? | 18 |
| 3 | Imagination and the Objectivity of Prophecy | 39 |
| 4 | How Did God Create the World? | 65 |
| 5 | The Assault on the Kalam | 85 |
| 6 | What Can God Know? | 100 |
| 7 | How Do We Know? | 110 |
| 8 | The Next World | 115 |
| 9 | Morality, Law, and Explanation | 129 |
| 10 | Persisting Problems | 162 |
| References | 181 | |
| Select bibliography | 183 | |
| Additional bibliography | 186 | |
| Index | 187 |
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