Maimonides in his world [electronic resource] : portrait of a Mediterranean thinker / Sarah Stroumsa.
Series: Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the ancient to the modern worldPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2009.Description: xx, 222 pISBN:- 9780691137636 (alk. paper)
- 0691137633 (alk. paper)
- 181/.06 22
- B759.M34 S77 2009eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-217) and index.
Maimonides and Mediterranean culture -- Mediterranean cultures -- Maimonides as a Mediterranean thinker -- Horizons -- Transformations in the Jewish world -- Maimnonides and Saadia -- The theological context of Maimonides' thought -- Islamic theology -- Heresies, Jewish and Muslim -- An Almohad "fundamentalist"? -- Almohads -- Maimonides and the Almohads -- Legal aspects -- Theology -- Exegesis and political philosophy -- Philosophy and astronomy -- Conclusion -- La longue dur�ee : Maimonides as a phenomenologist of religion -- Sabians -- Maimonides as an historian of religion -- "A wise and understanding people?" : the religion of the people -- A critical mind : Mamonides as scientist -- Medicine and science -- "Ravings" : Maimonides' concept of pseudo-science -- "From Moses to Moses" : Maimonides' vision of perfection -- "True felicity" : the hereafter in Maimonides' thought -- Issues of life and death : the controversy regarding resurrection -- "Gates for the righteous nation" : the philosopher as leader.
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