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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777024103321

Autore

Seeskin Kenneth <1947->

Titolo

Searching for a distant God : the legacy of Maimonides / / Kenneth Seeskin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2000

ISBN

0-19-774111-8

1-280-53046-4

0-19-534408-1

1-4294-0363-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (xii, 252 pages)

Disciplina

296.3/11/092

Soggetti

God (Judaism) - History of doctrines

Jewish philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-241) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; One. The Urge to Philosophize; Two. The Challenge of Monotheism; Three. Speaking of and to God; Four. The Problem of Creation; Five. Imitatio Dei; Six. Monotheism and Freedom; Seven. Popular Religion and a Personal God; Appendix: Esotericism and the Limits of Knowledge: A Critique of Strauss; Notes; Bibliography; General Index; Index of Principal Sources

Sommario/riassunto

Monotheism is usually considered Judaism's greatest contribution to world culture, but it is far from clear what monotheism is. This work examines the notion that monotheism is not so much a claim about the number of God as a claim about the nature of God.