Time Matters
Subtitle: Time, Creation, and Cosmology in Medieval Jewish Philosophy (Suny Series in Jewish Philosophy)
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: January 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780791444542
Subjects: Jewish studies; Medieval & Scholastic philosophy; Philosophy; History & Surveys - Medieval; Religion - Commentaries / Reference; Time; Philosophy, Jewish; Christian Theology - Cosmology; Cosmology; Creation; Judaism - General; History of doctrines; Philosophy, Medieval; Christianity - Theology - Cosmology
Description: "Despite the importance of time and cosmology to Western thought, surprisingly little attention has been paid to these issues in histories of Jewish philosophy. Focusing on how medieval philosophers constructed a philosophical theology that was sensitive to religious constraints and yet also incorporated compelling elements of science and philosophy, T. M.

Rudavsky traces the development of the concepts of time, cosmology, and creation in the writings of Ibn Gabirol, Maimonides, Gersonides, Crescas, Spinoza, and others."--BOOK JACKET.