Physics and Metaphysics in Ḥasdai Crescas

Physics and Metaphysics in Ḥasdai Crescas
Title Physics and Metaphysics in Ḥasdai Crescas PDF eBook
Author Warren Harvey
Publisher J.C. Gieben
Pages 196
Release 1998
Genre Philosophy
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This book examines central themes in the thought of Rabbi Hasdai Crescas (c. 1340-1410/11), the great Catalan Jewish philosopher who contributed to the revolution of modern science and profoundly influenced Spinoza. Part I treats of Crescas' radical critique of the Aristotelian concepts of space, time, and the vacuum, and analyzes his vision of an infinite universe; it discusses his criticisms of Maimonides' proofs of God, and expounds his own proof; and it concludes with a discussion of his concept of God as infinite Love. Part II contains three essays on Crescas' strictly deterministic theory of human choice.

Studies in the Physics and Metaphysics of Hasdai Crescas

Studies in the Physics and Metaphysics of Hasdai Crescas
Title Studies in the Physics and Metaphysics of Hasdai Crescas PDF eBook
Author Harvey Warren Zev
Publisher BRILL
Pages 182
Release 2023-03-27
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 9004453903

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This book examines central themes in the thought of Rabbi Hasdai Crescas (c. 1340-1410/11), the great Catalan Jewish philosopher who contributed to the revolution of modern science and profoundly influenced Spinoza. Part I treats of Crescas' radical critique of the Aristotelian concepts of space, time, and the vacuum, and analyzes his vision of an infinite universe; it discusses his criticisms of Maimonides' proofs of God, and expounds his own proof; and it concludes with a discussion of his concept of God as infinite Love. Part II contains three essays on Crescas' strictly deterministic theory of human choice.

Crescas: Light of the Lord (Or Hashem)

Crescas: Light of the Lord (Or Hashem)
Title Crescas: Light of the Lord (Or Hashem) PDF eBook
Author
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 388
Release 2018-11-10
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 0191037893

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This volume is the first complete English translation of Hasdai Crescas's Light of the Lord. Light of the Lord is widely acknowledged as a seminal work of medieval Jewish philosophy and second in importance only to Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed. Crescas takes on not only Maimonides but, through him, Aristotle, and challenges views of physics and metaphysics that had become entrenched in medieval thought. Once the Aristotelian underpinnings of medieval thought are dislodged, Crescas introduces alternative physical views and reinstates the classical Jewish God as a God of love and benefaction rather than a self-intellecting intellect. The end for humankind then is to become attached in love to the God of love through devoted service.

Studies in the History of Culture and Science

Studies in the History of Culture and Science
Title Studies in the History of Culture and Science PDF eBook
Author Resianne Fontaine
Publisher BRILL
Pages 511
Release 2010-11-11
Genre Social Science
ISBN 9004191232

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An hommage to Gad Freudenthal, this volume offers studies on the history of science and on the role of science in medieval and early-modern Jewish cultures, investigating various aspects of processes of knowledge transfer and scientific cross-cultural contacts,

The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Jewish Philosophy

The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Jewish Philosophy
Title The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Jewish Philosophy PDF eBook
Author Daniel H. Frank
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 512
Release 2003-09-11
Genre History
ISBN 9780521655743

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The Manifest and the Revealed

The Manifest and the Revealed
Title The Manifest and the Revealed PDF eBook
Author Adam Y. Wells
Publisher State University of New York Press
Pages 208
Release 2018-11-30
Genre Religion
ISBN 1438472188

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What is scripture and how does it function? Is there a "scientific" way to understand its meaning? In answer, Adam Wells proposes a phenomenological approach to scripture that radicalizes both phenomenology and its relation to Christianity. By reading the "kenōsis hymn" (Philippians 2:5–11) alongside the work of Edmund Husserl, Wells develops a kenotic reduction that rehabilitates the Husserlian idea of "absolute science" while also disclosing the radical philosophical implications of Paul's "new creation." More broadly, The Manifest and the Revealed pushes the fields of phenomenology and biblical studies forward. The turn to scripture, as a source for theological and philosophical reflection, marks an important advance for the recent "theological turn" in phenomenology. At the same time, by bringing to light the incredible complexity of scripture, phenomenology provides a ay for contemporary biblical studies to exceed its own limits. Wells demonstrates how phenomenology and scripture ultimately illuminate one another in profound and surprising ways.

Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewry

Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewry
Title Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewry PDF eBook
Author Zion Zohar
Publisher NYU Press
Pages 351
Release 2005-06
Genre History
ISBN 0814797067

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Sephardic Jews have contributed some of the most important Jewish philosophers, poets, biblical commentators, Talmudic and Halachic scholars, and scientists, and have had a significant impact on the development of Jewish mysticism. Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewry brings together original work from the world's leading scholars to present a deep introductory overview of their history and culture over the past 1500 years.