LEADER 03635nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910818847403321 005 20240516022220.0 010 $a1-61811-018-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9781618110183 035 $a(CKB)2550000000065342 035 $a(OCoLC)760982069 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10512257 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000565242 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12251838 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000565242 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10527755 035 $a(PQKB)11054500 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3110429 035 $a(DE-B1597)541076 035 $a(OCoLC)1135585091 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781618110183 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3110429 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10512257 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL546866 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000065342 100 $a20100602d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTorah in the observatory $eGersonides, Maimonides, Song of Songs /$fMenachem Kellner 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBoston $cAcademic Studies Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (374 p.) 225 1 $aEmunot 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-934843-80-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 337-364) and index. 327 $aProvidence and the rabbinic tradition -- Mosaic prophecy: Maimonides and Gersonides -- Eschatology and miracles -- Creation, miracles, revelation -- Song of Songs and Gersonides' world -- Maimonides and Gersonides on astronomy and metaphysics -- Gersonides on the Song of Songs and the nature of science -- Politics and perfection: Gersonides vs. Maimonides -- The role of the active intellect in human cognition -- Imitatio dei and the dissemination of scientific knowledge -- Moses ibn Tibbon and Gersonides on Song of Songs -- Misogyny: Gersonides vs. Maimonides -- Gersonides and his cultured despisers: Arama and Abravanel. 330 $aRabbi Levi ben Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides; 1288-1344), one of medieval Judaism's most original thinkers, wrote about such diverse subjects as astronomy, mathematics, Bible commentary, philosophical theology, "technical" philosophy, logic, Halakhah, and even satire. In his view, however, all these subjects were united as part of the Torah. Influenced profoundly by Maimonides, Gersonides nevertheless exercised greater rigor than Maimonides in interpreting the Torah in light of contemporary science, was more conservative in his understanding of the nature of the Torah's commandments, and was more optimistic about the possibility of wide-spread philosophical enlightenment. Gersonides was a witness to several crucial historical events, such as the expulsion of French Jewry of 1306 and the "Babylonian Captivity" of the Papacy. Collaborating with prelates in his studies of astronomy and mathematics, he had an entree into the Papal court at Avignon. Kellner portrays Gersonides, revered among Jews as the author of a classic commentary on the latter books of the Bible, as a true renaissance man, whose view of Torah is vastly wider and more open than that held by many of those who treasure his memory. 410 0$aEmunot. 606 $aJewish philosophy 606 $aPhilosophy, Medieval 615 0$aJewish philosophy. 615 0$aPhilosophy, Medieval. 676 $a181/.06 700 $aKellner$b Menachem Marc$f1946-$01620498 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818847403321 996 $aTorah in the observatory$93996788 997 $aUNINA