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Boston, Massachusetts : Academic Studies Press, 2015

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Emunot : Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah

Print version: Kreisel, Howard. Judaism as philosophy : studies in Maimonides and the medieval Jewish philosophers of Provence. Boston, Massachusetts : Academic Studies Press, c2015 xi, 473 pages Emunot. ISBN 9781618111791

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Acknowledgements ix // Section I // Maimonides // 1. Maimonides’ God: The God of Abraham or the God of Aristotle? 3 // 2. Maimonides on Divine Religion 19 // 3. Maimonides on the Eternity of the World 40 // Introduction 40; The Esotericist Reading of Maimonides’ Philosophy 43; The Esotericist Reading of Maimonides’ Position on Creation 50; A Philosophic-Esotericist Reading of Maimonides’ Position on Creation 61; Conclusion 66; Appendix: The Platonic View of Creation from Eternal Matter and an Esotericist Reading of Maimonides 67 // Section II // Three Jewish Philosophers of Provence // 4. Moses Ibn Tibbon: Translator and Philosophical Exegete 73 // Introduction 73; Moses Ibn Tibbon: His Life and Works 86; Moses Ibn Tibbon’s Approach to Aggadah 97; Some Additional Matters in Moses Ibn Tibbon’s Writings 111 // 5. Levi ben Avraham and his Encyclopedia of Philosophy and Judaism, Livyat Hen // Introduction 116; The Structure of Livyat Hen and Its Sources 119; Levi ben Avraham’s Biblical Exegesis 124; Levi ben Avraham’s Rabbinic Exegesis 140; Levi ben Avraham as Social Critic 146; Appendix: Table of Contents of "Boaz" 156 // Nissim of Marseille and his Radical Philosophic Commentary on the Torah 161 // Introduction 161; Political Philosophy 166; The Principles of Judaism 176; Providence 184; Prophecy 187; Miracles 190; Reasons for the Commandments 192; Additional Ideas in Nissim’s Commentary on the Torah 198 // Section III // The Reception of Maimonides in Medieval Provencal Jewish Philosophy // 7. From Esotericism to Science: The Account of the Chariot in Maimonidean / Philosophy till the End of the Thirteenth Century 209 // Introduction 209; Early Traditions of the Account of the Chariot 210; Maimonides on the Account of the Chariot 229; The Account of the Chariot in Jewish Philosophy in Provence till the End of the Thirteenth Century 246; Conclusion 260;

Appendix: Some Comments on Maimonides’ Esotericism 262 // 8. Sage and Prophet in the Thought of Maimonides and the Jewish Philosophers of Provence 270 // Introduction 270; Maimonides’ Approach to Prophecy 272; The Public Roles of the Prophet and the Sage in Maimonides’ Thought and Their Legal Authority 282; Sage and Prophet in Provencal Jewish Philosophy 292 // 9. The Prophecy of Moses in Medieval Jewish Provencal Philosophy: Natural or Supernatural? 315 // Introduction 315; Levi ben Avraham 320; Nissim of Marseille 330; Joseph Ibn Kaspi and the Critique by Kalonymos ben Kalonymos 332; Levi Gersonides 337; The Voice of God 342; Conclusion 353; Appendix: Some // Comments on Maimonides’ Approach to Miracles 354 // 10. Reasons for the Commandments in Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed and in Provencal Jewish Philosophy 361 // Introduction 361; Characteristics of Maimonides’ Approach to the Reasons for the Commandments 364; Reasons for the Commandments in Provencal Jewish Philosophy 369; Levi ben Avraham 382; Conclusion 392 // 11. From Dialogue to Contemplation: The Transformation of the Meaning of Prayer in Maimonides and the Medieval Jewish Philosophers of Provence 396 // Introduction 396; Maimonides 403; The Jewish Philosophers of Provence 420; Appendix: Livyat Hen: On the Explanation of the Secret of Prayer 429 // Bibliography 437 // Index 465

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