In and Around Maimonides : : Original Essays / / Y. Langermann.
In and Around Maimonides presents eight highly focused studies on Moses Maimonides and those around him. “In Maimonides” refers to close readings of passages from Maimonides’ writings; “around Maimonides” refers to concentric circles, beginning with his own family (his father R. Maimon and his son R...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2021 Part 2 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Judaism in Context ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (246 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER ONE. AGAINST WHOM IS MAIMONIDES ARGUING IN GUIDE I, 68? -- CHAPTER TWO. CONFIGURING THE SOUL: MAIMONIDES ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF MORAL CHARACTER -- CHAPTER THREE. WHY IS THERE NO DISCUSSION OF THE EQUIVOCAL TERM ʾOR (‘LIGHT’) IN THE GUIDE OF THE PERPLEXED? -- CHAPTER FOUR. THE FACE OF GOD IN THE THOUGHT OF MOSES MAIMONIDES AND THE ARABOPHONE MAIMONIDEANS -- CHAPTER FIVE. AN EXTENSIVE MARGINALIUM ON THE EXPRESSION, ‘HUMANS ARE SOCIAL BY NATURE’, IN A YEMENI COMMENTARY TO MAIMONIDES’ GUIDE -- CHAPTER SIX. ‘THE MOST DIFFICULT OF ALL THE PREMISES’: A YEMENI COMMENTARY TO MAIMONIDES’ GUIDE, BOOK II, PROPOSITION 16 -- CHAPTER SEVEN. IN SEARCH OF ANCIENT AUTHORITY: THE APPEAL TO PLATO AT CRITICAL JUNCTURES IN HALEVI’S CUZARI AND MAIMONIDES’ GUIDE -- CHAPTER EIGHT. THE VOCABULARIES OF ‘RELIGION’ IN THE WRITINGS OF HALEVI AND MAIMONIDES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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Summary: | In and Around Maimonides presents eight highly focused studies on Moses Maimonides and those around him. “In Maimonides” refers to close readings of passages from Maimonides’ writings; “around Maimonides” refers to concentric circles, beginning with his own family (his father R. Maimon and his son R. Abraham), with whom Maimonides’ views are in conversation; medieval Yemen, where Maimonides’ writings were studied and glossed in their original language; Judah Halevi, a major figure in Andalusian Judaeo-Arabic culture with whom Maimonides is often contrasted; and, finally a wide range of Judaeo-Arabic figures, all of whom engaged with the vocabularies of religion. These studies offer new and important insights into the thought of Maimonides on a variety of issues, such as the capacity of humans to better themselves morally, the political nature of prophecy, and the proper way to approach God. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781463243319 9783110743357 9783110754001 9783110753776 9783110754193 9783110753974 9783110743302 |
DOI: | 10.31826/9781463243319 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Y. Langermann. |