Torah in the observatory : Gersonides, Maimonides, Song of Songs / / Menachem Kellner.
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| Superior document: | Emunot |
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| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Emunot.
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| Physical Description: | 374 p. |
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Table of 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.