1st Edition

Moses Maimonides

By Oliver Leaman Copyright 1990
    206 Pages
    by Routledge

    208 Pages
    by Routledge

    Moses Maimonides (1135--1204) is recognized both as a leading Jewish thinker and as one of the most radical philosophers of the Islamic world. The study reveals the significance of Maimonides to contemporary philosophical and theological problems.

    Chapter 1 The cultural background; Chapter 2 How can we talk about God?; Chapter 3 Imagination and the objectivity of prophecy; Chapter 4 How did God create the world?; Chapter 5 The assault on the kal?m; Chapter 6 What can God know?; Chapter 7 How do we know?; Chapter 8 The next world; Chapter 9 Morality, law and explanation; Chapter 10 Persisting problems;

    Biography

    Oliver Leaman