Spinoza and medieval Jewish philosophy / edited by Steven Nadler.

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Nadler, Steven M, 1958- [editor.]

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computer

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online resource

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9781316203910
1316203913
9781316205747
1316205746
9781139795395
1139795392

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Spinoza and medieval Jewish philosophy.DDC classification:

199.492

LOC classification:

B3998 .S72127 2014eb

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PHI016000

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Contents:

Mortality of the soul from Alexander of Aphrodisias to Spinoza / Jacob Adler -- Spinoza and the determinist tradition in medieval Jewish philosophy / Charles Manekin -- The science of scripture: Abraham Ibn Ezra and Spinoza on biblical hermeneutics / T.M. Rudavsky -- Spinoza's rejection of Maimonideanism / Steven Frankel -- Ishq, Hesheq, and Amor Dei Intellectualis / Warren Zev Harvey -- Monotheism at bay: the gods of Maimonides and Spinoza / Kenneth Seeskin -- Moral agency without free will: Spinoza's naturalizing of moral psychology in a Maimonidean key / Heidi M. Ravven -- Virtue, reason, and moral luck: Maimonides, Gersonides, Spinoza / Steven Nadler -- 'Something of it remains': Spinoza and Gersonides on intellectual eternity / Julie R. Klein -- Hasdai Crescas and Spinoza on actual infinity and the infinity of God's attributes / Yitzhak Y. Melamed.

Summary: "Over the last two decades there has been an increasing interest in the influence of medieval Jewish thought upon Spinoza's philosophy. The essays in this volume, by Spinoza specialists and leading scholars in the field of medieval Jewish philosophy, consider the various dimensions of the rich, important, but vastly under-studied relationship between Spinoza and earlier Jewish thinkers. It is the first such collection in any language, and together the essays provide a detailed and extensive analysis of how different elements in Spinoza's metaphysics, epistemology, moral philosophy, and political and religious thought relate to the views of his Jewish philosophical forebears, such as Maimonides, Gersonides, Ibn Ezra, Crescas, and others. The topics addressed include the immortality of the soul, the nature of God, the intellectual love of God, moral luck, the nature of happiness, determinism and free will, the interpretation of Scripture, and the politics of religion"-- Provided by publisher.

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"Over the last two decades there has been an increasing interest in the influence of medieval Jewish thought upon Spinoza's philosophy. The essays in this volume, by Spinoza specialists and leading scholars in the field of medieval Jewish philosophy, consider the various dimensions of the rich, important, but vastly under-studied relationship between Spinoza and earlier Jewish thinkers. It is the first such collection in any language, and together the essays provide a detailed and extensive analysis of how different elements in Spinoza's metaphysics, epistemology, moral philosophy, and political and religious thought relate to the views of his Jewish philosophical forebears, such as Maimonides, Gersonides, Ibn Ezra, Crescas, and others. The topics addressed include the immortality of the soul, the nature of God, the intellectual love of God, moral luck, the nature of happiness, determinism and free will, the interpretation of Scripture, and the politics of religion"-- Provided by publisher.