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Index
Cover page
Halftitle page
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
Preface
Commonly used Abbreviations
1. What Is Jewish Philosophy?
I Judaism and Science: Tension or Accommodation
II What is Jewish Philosophy?
III Overview of Major Topics and Chapters
2. Athens, Jerusalem, and Beyond: The Formative Schools and Personalities within Medieval Jewish Philosophy
I Introduction
II The Formative Traditions
III The Transmission of Greek Philosophy
IV Major Figures and Schools in Medieval Jewish Philosophy
3. On Achieving Truth: Science, Philosophy, and Faith
I Introduction
II The Methodological Influence of Aristotle: Demonstration and Natural Philosophy
III The Ultimate Desideratum_ Removing Perplexity
IV Heresy and the Limits of Faith
4. Divine Science: The Existence and Nature of God
I Introduction
II Establishing the Unity and Incorporeality of God
III Proofs for the Existence of God
IV Divine Predication: What Can we Say about God?
5. God, Suffering, and Omniscience
I Introduction
II The Many Dimensions of the Problem of Divine Omniscience
III Suffering, Providence, and the Book of Job: Saadiah Gaon, Maimonides, and Gersonides
IV Theological Compatibilism_ Saadiah Gaon, Halevi, and Maimonides
V Theological Incompatibilism_ Ibn Daud and Gersonides
VI The Challenge of Determinism_ Crescas on Divine Knowledge and Possibility
VII Conclusion
6. Creation, Time, and Eternity
I Introduction
II The concept of Time: Greek and Rabbinic Background
III Harmonizing Jerusalem and Athens: Time and creation in Philo
IV Neoplatonic Cosmology: Creation as Emanation
V Kalâm and Anti-Kalâm Arguments for Creation
VI Aristotelian Models of Creation: Maimonides, Gersonides, and Crescas
VII Scripture, Philosophy, and the First Instant of Creation
7. Philosophical Cosmology: The Nature of the Universe
I Introduction
II Astronomy and Cosmology Conceived Broadly
III Astrology and the Heavenly Bodies: Greek and Secular Antecedents
IV Astrology in the Jewish world
V Astrological Determinism and Human Freedom_ Ibn Ezra, Maimonides and Gersonides
VI Miracles: Natural or Supernatural?
8. On Immortality and the Nature of the Soul
I Introduction
II Matter, Form, and Soul: Isaac Israeli, Solomon ibn Gabirol, and Maimonides
III Immortality and the Active Intellect: Halevi, Maimonides, and Gersonides
IV Immortality and Resurrection of the Body
9. Happiness, Virtue, and Political Society: Living the Good Life
I Introduction
II Living the Good Life: Ibn Gabirol, Baḥya ibn Paquda, Maimonides, and Gersonides
III Politics and Law: Is there Room for Natural Law independent of Divine Law?
IV Active Intellect, Prophecy, and the Political Dimension
V Monarchy, Prophecy, and Politics in post-Maimonidean Thought
VI On Human Felicity: The Meaning and Purpose of Life
10. Concluding Comments
Bibliography
Index
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