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Perspectives on Maimonides Joel L. Kraemer

Perspectives on Maimonides By Joel L. Kraemer

Perspectives on Maimonides by Joel L. Kraemer


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Leading scholars have combined forces toproduce this volume on the philosophy and legal views of Moses Maimonides(11381204) and the historical context in which he worked. The legal sectiondeals with law and medicine, the relation of Maimonides legal thought to theTalmud;

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Perspectives on Maimonides: Philosophical and Historical Studies by Joel L. Kraemer

Leading scholars have combined forces to produce this volume on the philosophy and legal views of Moses Maimonides (11381204) and the historical context in which he worked. The philosophical section examines Maimonides ethical doctrine; his paradoxical life-style; his Guide of the Perplexed; his attitude to mysticism; his use of language; and his theory of astronomy. The legal section deals with law and medicine, the relation of Maimonides legal thought to the Talmud; his doctrine of a just war; and his theory of redemption and Messianism. The history section examines Maimonides accession to the position of head of the Jewish community in its historical context, at the time of the rise of the Ayyubid dynasty under Saladin.

Perspectives on Maimonides Reviews

[The articles] remain very instructive both in terms of their contents and methodology. Indeed, they introduce many basic issues in Maimonides philosophy and law . . . an indispensable tool for the study of Maimonides, for it sets forth not only contents and analysis, but also methods of inquiry.
- Binyamin Abrahamov, Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam


Fine introduction . . . A rich portrait of Maimonides thought emerges in these pages.
**- Fred Morgan, Jewish Book News & Reviews


The papers . . . represent a variety of viewpoints, and all merit careful study . . . a pleasure to read . . . the volume is a welcome addition to the growing number of books on the most important of medieval Jewish thinkers.
**- Alexander Broadie, Jewish Quarterly


For many years to come it is likely to remain a major reference volume for students of Maimonides.
**- Sarah Stroumsa, Jewish Quarterly Review


Kraemers book was first published in hardback in 1991, and has since then been much consulted, since it is surely one of the best surveys both of Maimonides and of his historical context . . . an important contribution.
**{::}- Oliver Leaman{::}, Le'ela


These studies, however disparate, provide us with convincing evidence of the continuing importance of Maimonidess philosophy. They make clear that no set of studies ever exhausts all that a major thinker of this eminence offers serious students of his work.
- Marvin Fox, Times Literary Supplement


It is very apposite to have it now in paperback: less expensive, it will allow students to possess a volume that will acquaint them with high standards of scholarship, showing at the same time that although so much has been said and written about Maimonides, it is still possible to come up with new and interesting insights into his life and works, which continue to be interpreted very differently by different scholars.
- Gad Freudenthal{::}, Journal of Religious History

About Joel L. Kraemer

Joel L. Kraemer is a former Professor of Jewish Studies and of Social Thought, University of Chicago.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations
Contributors

Introduction - JOEL L. KRAEMER

Part I Philosophy: Ethics, Politics, Metaphysics
1 The Ethical Views of Maimonides within the context of Islamicate Civilization - LAWRENCE V. BERMAN
2 Maimonides Governance of the Solitary - RALPH LERNER
3 Maimonides in the Sultan's Palace - STEVEN HARVEY
4 Maimonides on the Philosophic Sciences in his Treatise on the Art of Logic - JOEL L. KRAEMER
5 Why Maimonides was not a Mutakallim - WARREN ZEV HARVEY
6 Neoplatonic Currents in Maimonides' Thought - ALFRED L. IVRY
7 Maimonides Quest beyond Philosophy and Prophecy - ITHAMAR GRUENWALD
8 The 'True Perplexity': The Guide of the Perplexed, Part II, Chapter 24 - TZVI LANGERMANN
9 Maimonides on Religious Language - ARTHUR HYMAN

Part II Jewish Law
10 Maimonides Guide of the Perplexed on Forbidden Food in the light of his own Medical Opinion - JACOB LEVINGER
11 Holy War in Maimonidean Law - GERALD J. BLIDSTEIN
12 To the Utmost of Human Capacity: Maimonides on the Days of the Messiah - AVIEZER RAVITZKY
13 Maimonides on Eretz Yisrael: Halakhic, Philosophic, and Historical Perspectives - ISADORE TWERSKY

Part III History
14 At Our Place in al-Andalus, At Our Place in the Maghreb - JOSHUA BLAU
15 The Early Decades of Ayyubid Rule - JOSEPH DRORY
16 Saladins Egypt and Maimonides - ANDREW S. EHRENKREUTZ
17 Saladins Religious Personality, Policy, and Image - MICHAEL WINTER

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GOR010002625
9781874774266
1874774269
Perspectives on Maimonides: Philosophical and Historical Studies by Joel L. Kraemer
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Liverpool University Press
1996-10-01
342
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