Torah in the observatory [electronic resource] : Gersonides, Maimonides, Song of Songs / Menachem Kellner.

By: Kellner, Menachem Marc, 1946-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: EmunotPublication details: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2010Description: 374 pISBN: 9781618110183 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Levi ben Gershom, 1288-1344 | Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204 | Bible. O.T. Song of Solomon -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Jewish philosophy | Philosophy, MedievalGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 181/.06 LOC classification: B755 | .K45 2010Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Providence 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-364) and index.

Providence 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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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