The Classic Jewish Philosophers
From Saadia Through the Renaissance
Biographical note
Eliezer Schweid is retired Professor of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University. He has published over 20 books in general and specific areas of Jewish thought of all periods, and has commented frequently on the relevance of the legacy of Jewish thought to contemporary issues of Jewish and universal human concern.
Readership
All those interested in Jewish thought, Judaism, and medieval philosophy in general.
Table of contents
CONTENTS
Introduction
PART ONE THE EARLY MASTERS: FROM SAADIA TO HALEVI
Chapter One R. Saadia Gaon
Chapter Two R. Isaac ben Solomon Israeli
Chapter Three R. Baḥya ben Joseph Ibn Pakudah
Chapter 4 R. Solomon Ibn Gabirol
Chapter Five R. Abraham Bar Ḥiyya
Chapter Six R. Judah Halevi
PART TWO MAIMONIDES
Chapter Seven Maimonides’s Personality & Oeuvre
Chapter Eight Maimonides’s Earlier Philosophical Writings—The Introductions to the Mishnah
Chapter Nine Maimonides’ Politics, Psychology & Ethics
Chapter Ten Maimonides’s Theory of Prophecy
Chapter Eleven Foundations of Maimonides’s Theology
Chapter Twelve Creation and Providence in Maimonides
Chapter Thirteen Summary of Maimonidean Thought
PART THREE THE LATER MASTERS: CONTINUATION AND TRANSITION
Chapter Fourteen The Maimonidean Controversy
Chapter Fifteen Transformations in Aristotelian Philosophy
Chapter Sixteen Gersonides
Chapter Seventeen R. Ḥasdai Crescas
Chapter Eighteen R. Joseph Albo
Chapter Nineteen The Turn To Cultural Thought
Chapter Twenty From Spain to Italy
Introduction
PART ONE THE EARLY MASTERS: FROM SAADIA TO HALEVI
Chapter One R. Saadia Gaon
Chapter Two R. Isaac ben Solomon Israeli
Chapter Three R. Baḥya ben Joseph Ibn Pakudah
Chapter 4 R. Solomon Ibn Gabirol
Chapter Five R. Abraham Bar Ḥiyya
Chapter Six R. Judah Halevi
PART TWO MAIMONIDES
Chapter Seven Maimonides’s Personality & Oeuvre
Chapter Eight Maimonides’s Earlier Philosophical Writings—The Introductions to the Mishnah
Chapter Nine Maimonides’ Politics, Psychology & Ethics
Chapter Ten Maimonides’s Theory of Prophecy
Chapter Eleven Foundations of Maimonides’s Theology
Chapter Twelve Creation and Providence in Maimonides
Chapter Thirteen Summary of Maimonidean Thought
PART THREE THE LATER MASTERS: CONTINUATION AND TRANSITION
Chapter Fourteen The Maimonidean Controversy
Chapter Fifteen Transformations in Aristotelian Philosophy
Chapter Sixteen Gersonides
Chapter Seventeen R. Ḥasdai Crescas
Chapter Eighteen R. Joseph Albo
Chapter Nineteen The Turn To Cultural Thought
Chapter Twenty From Spain to Italy
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