Maimonides And The Shaping Of The Jewish Canon

Author : James A. Diamond
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107063345
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maimonides and the Shaping of the Jewish Canon written by James A. Diamond and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-27 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines a wide range of theologians, philosophers, and exegetes who share a passionate engagement with Maimonides, assaulting, adopting, subverting, or adapting his philosophical and jurisprudential thought. This ongoing enterprise is critical to any appreciation of the broader scope of Jewish law, philosophy, biblical interpretation, and Kabbalah.

Author : James A. Diamond
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139917293
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maimonides and the Shaping of the Jewish Canon written by James A. Diamond and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-27 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jewish thought since the Middle Ages can be regarded as a sustained dialogue with Moses Maimonides, regardless of the different social, cultural, and intellectual environments in which it was conducted. Much of Jewish intellectual history can be viewed as a series of engagements with him, fueled by the kind of 'Jewish' rabbinic and esoteric writing Maimonides practiced. This book examines a wide range of theologians, philosophers, and exegetes who share a passionate engagement with Maimonides, assaulting, adopting, subverting, or adapting his philosophical and jurisprudential thought. This ongoing enterprise is critical to any appreciation of the broader scope of Jewish law, philosophy, biblical interpretation, and Kabbalah. Maimonides's legal, philosophical, and exegetical corpus became canonical in the sense that many subsequent Jewish thinkers were compelled to struggle with it in order to advance their own thought. As such, Maimonides joins fundamental Jewish canon alongside the Bible, the Talmud, and the Zohar.

Author : James Arthur Diamond
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781139903639
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maimonides and the Shaping of the Jewish Canon written by James Arthur Diamond and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jewish thought since the Middle Ages can be regarded as a sustained dialogue with Moses Maimonides, regardless of the different social, cultural, and intellectual environments in which it was conducted. Much of Jewish intellectual history can be viewed as a series of engagements with him, fueled by the kind of 'Jewish' rabbinic and esoteric writing Maimonides practiced. This book examines a wide range of theologians, philosophers, and exegetes who share a passionate engagement with Maimonides, assaulting, adopting, subverting, or adapting his philosophical and jurisprudential thought. This ongoing enterprise is critical to any appreciation of the broader scope of Jewish law, philosophy, biblical interpretation, and Kabbalah. Maimonides's legal, philosophical, and exegetical corpus became canonical in the sense that many subsequent Jewish thinkers were compelled to struggle with it in order to advance their own thought. As such, Maimonides joins fundamental Jewish canon alongside the Bible, the Talmud, and the Zohar"--Publisher's description.

Author : James A. Diamond
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1789624983
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reinventing Maimonides in Contemporary Jewish Thought written by James A. Diamond and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-20 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first critical study of how Maimonides has been read by leading Orthodox rabbis in our time shows that some have tried to liberate themselves from his influence, others have built on his ideas generating vibrant controversy, and yet others have sought to recreate Maimonides in their own image.

Author : Moses Maimonides
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781540433152
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Guide for the Perplexed written by Moses Maimonides and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-16 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Guide for the Perplexed consists of three works by Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, more commonly known as Moses Maimonides, which chart the relationship between philosophy and the Jewish religion. Maimonides published this book during the early 12th century A.D. in Judeo-Arabic. Only after its translation to Hebrew fourteen years later did it experience wide distribution and consequent praise and criticism from religious figures and scholars, who were polarized by the author's attempts to reconcile philosophical ideas with the canon of Judaism. In the first book, Maimonides tackles aspects of the Biblical canon, notably the anthropomorphic approach to God, and the notion that the divine can figuratively or literally be represented in any physical form. This is in marked contrast to numerous passages of the Old Testament, which alludes to the 'hand of God' and other physical traits. Later in the book, Maimonides criticizes aspects of the Jewish canon, identifying a series of flaws in the schools of Jewish Kalam and Islamic Kalam. The second book opens with an examination of the universe as it was known and understood by scholars during the Middle Ages. As such, Maimonides view is little different from the Aristotelian ideas of the physical world put forward in classical Greece. Maimonides attempts to connect this theory with the contents of the book of Genesis, and supernatural beings such as the angels together with the phenomena of dreaming. The final book sees Maimonides bring his treatise to a conclusion by analyzing a mystical passage of the Chariot found in Ezekiel. Owing to its sensitivity, this passage was traditionally not taught - Maimonides however uses the passage, justifies this use with argument, and leads on from this teaching with a detailed analysis of evil's occurrence in the universe. The concluding chapters focus on aspects of Jewish law - namely the 613 mitzvot and the Ten Commandments - before concluding that a sound grasp of philosophy is essential for adherents of Judaism. A historic and valuable text, this book investigates the relationship between the Jewish faith and philosophic schools of thought in a depth never before witnessed. Many Jews lauded the work for its bold critiques and incisive attempts at unifying and reconciling the scholarly and religious traditions, and it remains a popularly read text. However, The Guide for the Perplexed also met with swift condemnation from the more conservative figures within the Jewish faith. The charge of heresy, which Maimonides himself brought in his work, was cast against himself. The book was banned in many synagogues and local Jewish groups, and was even burned by traditionalists on several occasions. This edition contains the Friedlander translation to English, which is notable for its authoritative tone, accessibility, thorough commentary and voluminous notes. A short biography of Moses Maimonides is also appended, as is an introduction and analysis of the work.

Author : Ruth R. Wisse
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295805676
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I. L. Peretz and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture written by Ruth R. Wisse and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I. L. Peretz (1852–1915), the father of modern Yiddish literature, was a master storyteller and social critic who advocated a radical shift from religious observance to secular Jewish culture. Wisse explores Peretz’s writings in relation to his ideology, which sought to create a strong Jewish identity separate from the trappings of religion.

Author : Israel Drazin
Publisher : Gefen Publishing House Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9789652294241
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maimonides written by Israel Drazin and published by Gefen Publishing House Ltd. This book was released on 2008 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the remarkable penetrating mind of Moses Maimonides and to his rational eye-opening thoughts on many subjects. It includes ideas that are not incorporated in the usual books about this great philosopher because they are so different than the traditional thinking of the vast majority of people. It contrasts the notions of other Jewish thinkers, somewhat rational and others not rational at all. The reader will be surprised, if not shocked, to learn that a host of beliefs that are prevalent among the Jewish masses have no rational basis. This does not suggest that Judaism itself is irrational and absurd. Just the opposite. But many Jews have opted to believe the unreasonable and illogical conventional ideas what Maimonides would label non-Jewish sabian notions because they have not been acquainted with Maimonides correct rational alternatives and taken the time to reflect upon it.

Author : Micah Goodman
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0827611978
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maimonides and the Book That Changed Judaism written by Micah Goodman and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2015-05 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A publishing sensation long at the top of the best-seller lists in Israel, the original Hebrew edition of Maimonides and the Book That Changed Judaism has been called the most successful book ever published in Israel on the preeminent medieval Jewish thinker Moses Maimonides. The works of Maimonides, particularly The Guide for the Perplexed, are reckoned among the fundamental texts that influenced all subsequent Jewish philosophy and also proved to be highly influential in Christian and Islamic thought. Spanning subjects ranging from God, prophecy, miracles, revelation, and evil, to politics, messianism, reason in religion, and the therapeutic role of doubt, Maimonides and the Book That Changed Judaism elucidates the complex ideas of The Guide in remarkably clear and engaging prose. Drawing on his own experience as a central figure in the current Israeli renaissance of Jewish culture and spirituality, Micah Goodman brings Maimonides’s masterwork into dialogue with the intellectual and spiritual worlds of twenty-first-century readers. Goodman contends that in Maimonides’s view, the Torah’s purpose is not to bring clarity about God but rather to make us realize that we do not understand God at all; not to resolve inscrutable religious issues but to give us insight into the true nature and purpose of our lives.

Author : Moses Maimonides
Publisher : Behrman House, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9780874412062
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Maimonides Reader written by Moses Maimonides and published by Behrman House, Inc. This book was released on 1972 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Major selections from Maimonides' writings, including Guide to the Perplexed, Mishneh Torah, his essays, correspondence, and commentaries. The definitive one-volume English presentation. This book will provide a deeper understanding of Maimonides with translations of the original text.

Author : David Yellin
Publisher : Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society of America
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maimonides written by David Yellin and published by Philadelphia : Jewish Publication Society of America. This book was released on 1903 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: