Jewish and Islamic Philosophy
Subtitle: Crosspollinations in the Classic Age
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: September 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780813527604
Subjects: Islamic studies; Judaism; Medieval & Scholastic philosophy; Non-Western philosophy; Philosophy of religion; Philosophy, Islamic; Islamic Philosophy; Philosophy Of Judaism; Religion - World Religions; Religious; Philosophy; Philosophy, Jewish; Eastern; Eastern - General; History & Surveys - Medieval; Judaism - General; Philosophy, Medieval
First sentence: To the Muslim conquerors, scholars used to say, philosophy and its allied sciences appeared at first to be a treasure-house of truth.
Description: "For centuries, Islamic and Jewish philosophies have blossomed side by side in a symbiosis that has produced some of the world's greatest thinkers and ideas. Lenn E.

Goodman, focuses on a series of core issues common to the two intertwined philosophical traditions - freedom and determinism, the basis of ethical values, the relationship between faith and reason, the governance of God, the basis of friendship, and the meaning of history - to examine the rich and varied interactions of two traditions that have carried on a written conversation spanning the centuries."--BOOK JACKET.

"The object of Goodman's discussion is not to find the "sources" of religious ideas (as if to credit the philosophical originality of one tradition or cast aspersions on the philosophical dependency of another), but rather to explicate, connect, and demonstrate the commonalities of these two competing yet inextricably linked religious and philosophical traditions."--BOOK JACKET.

"It is sure to become a key text for all students in religious studies, Jewish and Islamic studies, and philosophy."--BOOK JACKET.