Philosophers and the Jewish Bible
By: edited by Charles H. Manekin and Robert Eisen.
Contributors: Manekin, Charles Harry, 1953-; Eisen, Robert, 1960-
Series: Studies and texts in Jewish history and culture -- no. 17
Publisher: University Press of Maryland
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Bethesda, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781934309209
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Philosophy; Bible. -- O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Philosophy, Jewish; Jewish philosophers
Notes: "The present volume consists mostly of essays based on presentations given at  two conferences held in the fall of 2003, one at the University of Maryland at College Park and the other at the University of Haifa in Israel, focusing on the theme of philosophers and the Hebrew Bible"--Introd.
Table of contents: title: Speaking about God: Bahya as biblical exegete / Diana Lobel; title: The dual nature of the biblical angel in the philosophy of Maimonides / Hannah Kasher; title: The hermeneutics of order in medieval Jewish philosophical exegesis / Robert Eisen; title: Ambiguities of scriptural exegesis: Joseph ibn Kaspi on God's foreknowledge / Charles H. Manekin; title: Spinoza, history, and Jewish modernity / Michael A. Rosenthal; title: What Maimonides can teach us about reading the Bible / Kenneth Seeskin; title: Jacob and Isaac: a tale of deception and self-deception / Charlotte Katzoff; title: God's project / Jerome M. Segal; title: Samson and self-destroying evil / Eleonore Stump; title: Against theology / Howard Wettstein.