| Lenn E. Goodman: Judaism, Humanity, and Nature Contributor(s): Tirosh-Samuelson, Hava (Editor), Hughes, Aaron W. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 900428074X ISBN-13: 9789004280748 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $157.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - Theology - Philosophy | Eastern - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: 181.06 |
| LCCN: 2014038152 |
| Series: Library of Contemporary Jewish Philosophers |
| Physical Information: 256 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Lenn E. Goodman is Professor of Philosophy and Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Trained in medieval Arabic and Hebrew philosophy and intellectual history, his prolific scholarship has covered the entire history of philosophy from antiquity to the present with a focus on medieval Jewish philosophy. A synthetic philosopher, Goodman has drawn on Jewish religious sources (e.g., Bible, Midrash, Mishnah, and Talmud) as well as philosophic sources (Jewish, Muslim, and Christian), in an attempt to construct his own distinctive theory about the natural basis of morality and justice. Taking his cue from medieval Jewish philosophers such as Maimonides, Goodman offers a new theoretical framework for Jewish communal life that is attentive to contemporary philosophy and science. |