In defence of Judaism: Abraham Ibn Daud : : sources and structures of ha-Emunah ha-Ramah / / T.A.M. Fontaine.

This study presents a thematic investigation of Ibn Daud's philosophical treatise ha-Emunah ha-Ramah [The Exalted Faith]. It examines the question whether current interpretation is correct in assuming that the thesis is primarily concerned with working out a synthesis between philosophy and rel...

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Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
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Place / Publishing House:Assen/Maastricht, the Netherlands : : Van Gorcum,, 1990.
Blwyddyn Gyhoeddi:1990
Iaith:English
Hebrew
Dutch
Cyfres:Studia Semitica Neerlandica 26.
Disgrifiad Corfforoll:1 online resource (334 pages)
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Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • Ibn Daud’s motivation
  • Substance and accident: the categories
  • Matter and form
  • Motion and infinity
  • The soul
  • God and his attributes
  • The heavenly spheres and the intelligences
  • Prophecy
  • The degrees of providence
  • The freedom of the will
  • Ethics
  • Recapitulation and conclusions
  • Notes
  • Concordance of editions of ha-Emunah ha-Ramah
  • Abbreviations and bibliography
  • General Index.