The classic Jewish philosophers : : from Saadia through the Renaissance / / by Eliezer Schweid ; translated by Leonard Levin.

• Superior document: Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy, v. 3
• Author: Schweid, Eliezer.
• TeilnehmendeR: Levin, Leonard, 1946-
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to The journal of Jewish thought and philosophy ; v. 3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (524 p.)
• Notes: Originally published as ha-Filosofim ha-gedolim shelanu, Miskal/Yediot Aharonot Books, 1999.
• Other title: Filosofim ha-gedolim shelanu.; Preliminary Material /; Chapter One. R. Saadia Gaon /; Chapter Two. R. Isaac Ben Solomon Israeli /; Chapter Three. R. Bahya Ben Joseph Ibn Pakudah /; Chapter Four. R. Solomon Ibn Gabirol /; Chapter Five. R. Abraham Bar Hiyya /; Chapter Six. R. Judah Halevi /; Chapter Seven. Maimonides’S Personality And Oeuvre /; Chapter Eight. Maimonides’S Earlier Philosophical Writings The Introductions To The Mishnah /; Chapter Nine. Maimonides’ Politics, Psychology And Ethics /; Chapter Ten. Maimonides’S Theory Of Prophecy /; Chapter Eleven. Foundations Of Maimonides’S Theology /; Chapter Twelve. Creation And Providence In Maimonides /; Chapter Thirteen. Summary Of Maimonidean Thought /; Chapter Fourteen. The Maimonidean Controversy /; Chapter Fifteen. Transformations In Aristotelian Philosophy /; Chapter Sixteen. Gersonides /; Chapter Seventeen. R. Hasdai Crescas /; Chapter Eighteen. R. Joseph Albo /; Chapter Nineteen. The Turn To Cultural Thought /; Chapter Twenty. From Spain To Italy /; Bibliography /; Index Of Names /; Index Of Topics /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-474) and indexes.
• ISBN: 1281936715; 9786611936716; 9047423526
• ISSN: 1873-9008
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Eliezer Schweid ; translated by Leonard Levin.

This book provides a standard reference of the major medieval Jewish philosophers, as well as an eminently readable narrative of the course of medieval Jewish philosophical thought, presented as a response to the spiritual-intellectual challenges facing Judaism in that period. The accounts of Saadia, Bahya, Halevi, Maimonides, and Crescas are among the fullest available in English. Other thinkers discussed in depth include Israeli, Ibn Gabirol, Gersonides, and Albo; the work also includes capsule summaries of Bar Hiyya, Falaquera, Albalag, Duran, Abravanel and others. All of the summaries place the philosophical thought of these important thinkers in the context of the historical challenges and religious concerns of their age. This book is also available in paperback.