Maimonides in His World : : Portrait of a Mediterranean Thinker / / Sarah Stroumsa.
While the great medieval philosopher, theologian, and physician Maimonides is acknowledged as a leading Jewish thinker, his intellectual contacts with his surrounding world are often described as related primarily to Islamic philosophy. Maimonides in His World challenges this view by revealing him t...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Chapter One. Maimonides and Mediterranean Culture
- Chapter Two. The Theological Context of Maimonides' Thought
- Chapter Three. An Almohad "Fundamentalist"?
- Chapter Four. La Longue Durée
- Chapter Five. A Critical Mind: Maimonides as Scientist
- Chapter Six. "From Moses to Moses": Maimonides' Vision of Perfection
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index