Torah in the observatory
Subtitle: Gersonides, Maimonides, Song of Songs
By: Menachem Kellner
Series: Emunot : Jewish philosophy and Kabbalah
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Brighton, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781934843802
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Providence and the rabbinic tradition; title: Mosaic prophecy: Maimonides and Gersonides; title: Eschatology and miracles; title: Creation, miracles, revelation; title: Song of Songs and Gersonides' world; title: Maimonides and Gersonides on astronomy and metaphysics; title: Gersonides on the Song of Songs and the nature of science; title: Politics and perfection: Gersonides vs. Maimonides; title: The role of the active intellect in human cognition; title: Imitatio dei and the dissemination of scientific knowledge; title: Moses ibn Tibbon and Gersonides on Song of Songs; title: Misogyny: Gersonides vs. Maimonides; title: Gersonides and his cultured despisers: Arama and Abravanel.