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Torah in the Observatory: Gersonides, Maimonides, Song of Songs - Couverture rigide

Kellner, Menachem

 
9781934843802: Torah in the Observatory: Gersonides, Maimonides, Song of Songs
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ISBN 10 : 1934843806 ISBN 13 : 9781934843802
Editeur : Academic Studies Press, 2010

Synopsis

Rabbi Levi ben Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides; 1288-1344), one of medieval Judaism's most original thinkers, wrote about such diverse subjects as astronomy, mathematics, Bible commentary, philosophical theology, "technical" philosophy, logic, Halakhah, and even satire. In his view, however, all these subjects were united as part of the Torah. Influenced profoundly by Maimonides, Gersonides nevertheless exercised greater rigor than Maimonides in interpreting the Torah in light of contemporary science, was more conservative in his understanding of the nature of the Torah's commandments, and was more optimistic about the possibility of wide-spread philosophical enlightenment. Gersonides was a witness to several crucial historical events, such as the expulsion of French Jewry of 1306 and the "Babylonian Captivity" of the Papacy. Collaborating with prelates in his studies of astronomy and mathematics, he had an entree into the Papal court at Avignon. Kellner portrays Gersonides, revered among Jews as the author of a classic commentary on the latter books of the Bible, as a true renaissance man, whose view of Torah is vastly wider and more open than that held by many of those who treasure his memory.

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À propos de l'auteur

Menachem Kellner is Chair of Shalem College, Jerusalem's Department of Jewish Thought and Philosophy and Wolfson Professor of Jewish Thought (emeritus) at the University of Haifa. He is the author, editor, or translator of two dozen books (including two published by Academic Studies Press) and close to two hundred articles in medieval and modern Jewish thought.

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Éditeur
Academic Studies Press
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1934843806
ISBN 13 
9781934843802
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Nombre de pages
376
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