| Maimonides on the Origin of the World Contributor(s): Seeskin, Kenneth (Author) |
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ISBN: 052184553X ISBN-13: 9780521845533 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $51.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2005 Annotation: Although Maimonides' discussion of creation is one of his greatest contributions - he himself claims that belief in creation is second in importance only to belief in God - there is still considerable debate on what that contribution was. Kenneth Seeskin takes a close look at the problems Maimonides faced and the sources from which he drew. He argues that Maimonides meant exactly what he said: the world was created by a free act of God so that the existence of everything other than God is contingent. In religious terms, existence is a gift. In order to reach this conclusion, Seeskin examines Maimonides' view of God, miracles, the limits of human knowledge, and the claims of astronomy to be a science. Clearly written and closely argued, Maimonides on the Origin of the World takes up questions of perennial interest. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - General - Religion | Christian Theology - General |
| Dewey: 213.092 |
| LCCN: 2004020299 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 9.27" W x 6.25" (1.00 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
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Contributor Bio(s): Seeskin, Kenneth: - Kenneth Seeskin, a Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University and winner of a Koret Jewish Book Award (2001), is the author of Jewish Philosophy in a Secular Age, Maimonides: a Guide for Today's Perplexed, No Other Gods: the Modern Struggle Against Idolatry, Searching for a Distant God: The Legacy of Maimonides and Autonomy in Jewish Philosophy. He is also the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Maimonides. |