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Maimonides on the Origin of the World
Kenneth Seeskin
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Description for Maimonides on the Origin of the World
Hardback. Looks closely at the debates surrounding Maimonides' discussion of creation. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 453. 8vo . Very good clean copy. Religion. Signed and inscribed by the author.
Although Maimonides' discussion of creation is one of his greatest contributions - he himself claims that belief in creation is second in importance only to belief in God - there is still considerable debate on what that contribution was. Kenneth Seeskin takes a close look at the problems Maimonides faced and the sources from which he drew. He argues that Maimonides meant exactly what he said: the world was created by a free act of God so that the existence of everything other than God is contingent. In religious terms, existence is a gift. In order to reach this conclusion, ... Read more
Although Maimonides' discussion of creation is one of his greatest contributions - he himself claims that belief in creation is second in importance only to belief in God - there is still considerable debate on what that contribution was. Kenneth Seeskin takes a close look at the problems Maimonides faced and the sources from which he drew. He argues that Maimonides meant exactly what he said: the world was created by a free act of God so that the existence of everything other than God is contingent. In religious terms, existence is a gift. In order to reach this conclusion, ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521845533
SKU
KEX0281704
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About Kenneth Seeskin
Kenneth Seeskin, a Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University and winner of a Koret Jewish Book Award (2001), is the author of Jewish Philosophy in a Secular Age, Maimonides: a Guide for Today's Perplexed, No Other Gods: the Modern Struggle Against Idolatry, Searching for a Distant God: The Legacy of Maimonides and Autonomy in Jewish Philosophy. He is also the ... Read more
Reviews for Maimonides on the Origin of the World
'In short, this is a mature work of a scholar who need not parade his talents … I would recommend it as a text for any course in Jewish philosophy or of medieval philosophy more generally.' David Burrell, University of Notre Dame 'This is an excellent piece of work, easily up to the usual high standard of the author's output. ... Read more