Maimonides and his heritage / / edited by Idit Dobbs-Weinstein, Lenn E. Goodman, James Allen Grady

• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 p.)
• Disciplina: 296.1/81
• Soggetto topico: Jewish philosophy; Philosophy, Medieval
• Altri autori: Dobbs-WeinsteinIdit <1950-> GoodmanLenn Evan <1944-> GradyJames Allen
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-223) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Moses Maimonides and the world of Islam / David J. Wasserstein -- Maimonides as biblical exegete / Arthur Hyman -- Philosophical themes in Maimonides--Sefer ahavah / Menachem Kellner -- Maimonides on joy / Moshe Sokol -- Maimonides' psychology / Alfred Ivry -- Bahya and Maimonides on the worth of medicine / Lenn E. Goodman -- The ambiguity of the imagination and the ambivalence of language in Maimonides and Spinoza / Idit Dobbs-Weinstein -- The philosophical mysticism of Maimonides and Maimon / Gideon Freudenthal -- Persecution and the art of representation: Schocken's Maimonides: anthologies of the 1930's / Martina Urban -- Maimonides in the crucible of Zionism: reflections on Yeshayahu: Leibowitz's negative theology / Paul Mendes-Flohr -- Can we be Maimonideans today? / David Novak.
• Sommario/riassunto: Examines the Jewish philosopher's influence on theology, philosophy, medicine, and law, and his impact on later thinkers.
• Titolo autorizzato: Maimonides and his heritage
• ISBN: 0-7914-7725-8; 1-4416-0363-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814080903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SUNY series in Jewish philosophy.