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Maimonides - Life and Thought (Paperback)
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Maimonides - Life and Thought (Paperback)
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List price R677
Loot Price R587
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Maimonides was the greatest Jewish philosopher and legal scholar of
the medieval period, a towering figure who has had a profound and
lasting influence on Jewish law, philosophy, and religious
consciousness. This book provides a comprehensive and accessible
introduction to his life and work, revealing how his philosophical
sensibility and outlook informed his interpretation of Jewish
tradition. Moshe Halbertal vividly describes Maimonides's childhood
in Muslim Spain, his family's flight to North Africa to escape
persecution, and their eventual resettling in Egypt. He draws on
Maimonides's letters and the testimonies of his contemporaries,
both Muslims and Jews, to offer new insights into his personality
and the circumstances that shaped his thinking. Halbertal then
turns to Maimonides's legal and philosophical work, analyzing his
three great books--Commentary on the Mishnah, the Mishneh Torah,
and the Guide of the Perplexed. He discusses Maimonides's battle
against all attempts to personify God, his conviction that God's
presence in the world is mediated through the natural order rather
than through miracles, and his locating of philosophy and science
at the summit of the religious life of Torah. Halbertal examines
Maimonides's philosophical positions on fundamental questions such
as the nature and limits of religious language, creation and
nature, prophecy, providence, the problem of evil, and the meaning
of the commandments. A stunning achievement, Maimonides offers an
unparalleled look at the life and thought of this important Jewish
philosopher, scholar, and theologian.
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