Maimonides on Judaism and the Jewish people / / Menachem Kellner

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910958677203321
• Autore: Kellner Menachem Marc <1946->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c1991
• ISBN: 9781438408668; 1438408668; 9780585057484; 0585057486
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (181 p.)
• Collana: SUNY series in Jewish Philosophy; SUNY series in Jewish philosophy
• Disciplina: 296.1/72
• Soggetti: Jewish philosophy; Philosophy, Medieval
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-163) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Content -- Introduction -- Psychology -- Ethics -- Providence, Prophecy, and Immortality -- The Place of Gentiles in the Messianic Era -- Proselytes -- What Is a Jew? -- The Nature of Torah -- Israel -- Conclusion -- Back Matter -- Citations from Maimonides's Works -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Maimonides on Judaism and the Jewish People explores Maimonides' philosophical psychology, his ethics, his views on prophecy, providence, and immortality, his understanding of the place of gentiles in the Messianic area, his attitude toward proselytes, his answer to the question, "Who is a Jew?", his conception of the nature of Torah, and his arguments concerning the nature of the Chosen People. With respect to each of these issues, Kellner shows that Maimonides adopted positions that reflected his emphasis on nurture over nature and his insistence that it is intellectual perfection and not ethnic affiliation which is crucial.