Torah in the observatory

Kellner, Menachem Marc, 1946-

Torah in the observatory Gersonides, Maimonides, Song of Songs / [electronic resource] : Menachem Kellner. - Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2010. - 374 p. - Emunot . - Emunot. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-364) and index.

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.


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Levi ben Gershom, 1288-1344.
Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204.


Bible.--O.T.--Song of Solomon--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Jewish philosophy.
Philosophy, Medieval.


Electronic books.

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