Prophecy: The History of an Idea in Medieval Jewish Philosophy (Amsterdam Studies in Jewish Philosophy)
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (623 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1402011814 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 671 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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It attempts to capture the `original voice' of these thinkers by looking at the intellectual milieus in which they developed their philosophies, and by carefully analyzing their views in their textual contexts. Overall, this book presents a significant model for narrating the history of an idea.. Saadiah Gaon, R. Hasdai Crescas, R. It also deals with the relation between the earlier approaches and the later ones. Joseph Albo and Baruch Spinoza. More than any other topic, prophecy represents the point at which the Divine meets the human, the Absolute meets the relative. How can a human being attain the Word of God? In what manner does God, when conceived as eternal and transcendent, address corporeal, transitory creatures? What happens to God's divine Truth when it is beheld by minds limited in their power to apprehend, and influenced by the intellectual currents of their time and place? How were these issues viewed by the great Jewish philosophers of the past, who took the divine communication and all it entails seriously, while at the same time desired to understand it as much as humanly possibl
A Customer said Excerpt of review from The Medieval Academy of America. 'It is refreshing to find a historian of Jewish philosophy who is willing, and able, to partake in speculation about the subject matter, instead of simply providing detailed summaries of bibliographical essays this topic transcends all dessicated analysis. T.M. Rudavsky, Ohio State University
This study is recommended for specialists in medieval Jewish Philosophy but it should also be of interest to students in other areas of the history of Jewish thought." (Religious Studies Review, 28:4, October 2002). "This is an excellent study