Torah in the observatory Gersonides, Maimonides, Song of Songs /

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Main Author: Kellner, Menachem Marc, 1946-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2010.
Series:Emunot.
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Table of Contents:
  • Providence and the rabbinic tradition
  • Mosaic prophecy: Maimonides and Gersonides
  • Eschatology and miracles
  • Creation, miracles, revelation
  • Song of Songs and Gersonides' world
  • Maimonides and Gersonides on astronomy and metaphysics
  • Gersonides on the Song of Songs and the nature of science
  • Politics and perfection: Gersonides vs. Maimonides
  • The role of the active intellect in human cognition
  • Imitatio dei and the dissemination of scientific knowledge
  • Moses ibn Tibbon and Gersonides on Song of Songs
  • Misogyny: Gersonides vs. Maimonides
  • Gersonides and his cultured despisers: Arama and Abravanel.