History and faith : studies in Jewish philosophy /

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Author / Creator:	Ravitzky, Aviezer.
Imprint:	Amsterdam : J.C. Gieben, 1996.
Description:	viii, 325 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Amsterdam studies in Jewish thought ; v. 2
Subject:	Jewish philosophy. Philosophy, Medieval. Messianic era (Judaism) -- History of doctrines. Faith and reason -- Judaism -- History of doctrines. Faith and reason -- Judaism -- History of doctrines. Jewish philosophy. Messianic era (Judaism) -- History of doctrines. Philosophy, Medieval.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5042186

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ISBN:	9050635970
Notes:	"This book brings together studies in the history of Jewish religious philosophy which had previously been scattered among various scholarly journals, and are now being reissued in revised form"--Preface. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Pt. 1. Philosophy and History
1. On the Study of Medieval Jewish Philosophy
2. Peace: Historical versus Utopian Models in Jewish Thought
3. Political Philosophy: Nissim of Gerona versus Isaac Abrabanel
4. "To the Utmost Human Capacity": Maimonides on the Days of the Messiah
Pt. 2. Philosophy and Faith
5. The God of the Philosophers and the God of the Kabbalists: A Controversy in Fifteenth Century Crete
6. The Anthropological Theory of Miracles in Medieval Jewish Philosophy
7. Samuel ibn Tibbon and the Esoteric Character of the Guide of the Perplexed
8. The Secrets of Maimonides: Between the Thirteenth and the Twentieth Centuries
9. Hebrew Quotations from the Lost Arabic Recension of Parva Naturalia.

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