LEADER 03681nam 22005892 450 001 9910812992603321 005 20190717105702.0 010 $a1-80034-037-0 010 $a1-909821-42-X 035 $a(CKB)3830000000059104 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781909821422 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5485068 035 $a(OCoLC)1047729327 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0002316554 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5485068 035 $a(PPN)256881510 035 $a(EXLCZ)993830000000059104 100 $a20190507d2004|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDogma in medieval Jewish thought $efrom Maimonides to Abravanel /$fMenachem Kellner$b[electronic resource] 205 $aFirst digital on-demand edition. 210 1$aOxford :$cThe Littman Library of Jewish Civilization,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 310 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aLiverpool scholarship online 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jul 2019). 311 $a0-19-710044-9 311 $a1-904113-21-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aDogma in Medieval Jewish Thought is an essay in the history of ideas which traces the development of creed formation in Judaism from its inception with Moses Maimonides (1138-1204) to the beginning of the sixteenth century when systematic attention to the problem disappeared from the agenda of Jewish intellectuals. The dogmatic systems of Maimonides, Duran, Crescas, Albo, Bibago, Abravanel, and a dozen lesser-known figures are described, analysed, and compared. Relevant texts are presented in English translation. For the most part these are texts which have never been critically edited and translated before. Among the theses defended in the book are the following: that systematic attention to dogma qua dogma was a new feature in Jewish theology introduced by Maimonides (for reasons examined at length in the book); that the subject languished for the two centuries after Maimonides' death until it was revived in fifteenth-century Spain in response to Christian attacks on Judaism; that the differing systems of dogma offered by medieval Jewish thinkers reflect not different conceptions of what Judaism is, but different conceptions of what a principle of Judaism is; and that the very project of creed formation reflects an essentially Greek as opposed to a biblical/rabbinic view of the nature of religious faith and that this accounts for much of the resistance which Maimonides' innovation aroused. 'An important contribution to the history of dogma in Judaism and to the history of fifteenth-century Jewish thought in particular.' Chava Tirosh-Rothschild, Critical Review 'A work of serious scholarship. It will no doubt become the standard work on the subject for many years to come.' 410 0$aLittman library of Jewish civilization (Series) 606 $aJudaism$xHistory of doctrines 606 $aJewish philosophy$xHistory 606 $aPhilosophy, Medieval 606 $aJudaism$xHistory$yMedieval and early modern period, 425-1789 606 $aJudaism$vCreeds 615 0$aJudaism$xHistory of doctrines. 615 0$aJewish philosophy$xHistory. 615 0$aPhilosophy, Medieval. 615 0$aJudaism$xHistory 615 0$aJudaism 676 $a296.3/09/02 700 $aKellner$b Menachem Marc$f1946-$01620498 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812992603321 996 $aDogma in medieval Jewish thought$94115923 997 $aUNINA