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1 online resource (532 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- I: Introductory Essays -- Chapter 1 Bibliography of the Published Writings of Alexander Altmann -- Chapter 2 History of the Institute of Jewish Studies During its First 40 Years 1954�1994 -- Chapter 3 Jewish Scholarship as a Vocation -- II: Medieval Jewish Philosophy -- Chapter 4 Rabbi Simlai's Saying and Beliefs Concerning God -- Chapter 5 The Logical and Scientific Premises of Maimonides' Thought -- Chapter 6 Maimonides on Women: Formless Matter or Potential Prophet? |
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Chapter 7 On the Limited-Omniscience Interpretation of Gersonides' Theory of Divine KnowledgeChapter 8 Gersonides on the Mode of Communicating Knowledge of the Future to the Dreamer and Clairvoyant -- Chapter 9 Some Observations on Ma'aseh Nissim by R. Nissim of Marseilles -- Chapter 10 Prophecy and Perception in Isaac Abravanel -- Chapter 11 Les léttre hébraÃq̄ues, leur existence idéale et matérielle -- III: Medieval Jewish Mysticism -- Chapter 12 Samael and the Problem of Jewish Gnosticism |
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Chapter 13 Some Remarks on Rabbi Moses Cordovero's Shemu'ah be-'lnyan ha-GilgulChapter 14 Abulafia's Secrets of the Guide: A Linguistic Turn -- Chapter 15 Mystical Rationalization of the Commandments in the Prophetic Kabbalah of Abraham Abulafia -- Chapter 16 Contemporary Habad and the Paradox of Redemption -- IV: Modern Jewish Thought -- Chapter 17 Mendelssohn's Heavenly Politics -- Chapter 18 Kant's View of Mendelssohn -- Chapter 19 Maimonides and Mendelssohn on the Origins of Idolatry, the Election of Israel, and the Oral Law |
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Chapter 20 Ideological Differences Over the Status of the Kehilla: The Jewish Community in the Age of EmancipationChapter 21 Moses Mendelssohn and European Enlightenment -- Chapter 22 Alexander Altmann as a Theologian -- Index |
| Notes |
"Proceedings of the international conference held by the Institute of Jewish Studies, University College London, 1994, in celebration of its fortieth anniversary dedicated to the memory and academic legacy of its founder Alexander Altmann." |
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Includes index |
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"Transferred to Digital Printing 2011"--Title page verso |
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Print version record |
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Jewish philosophy -- Congresses
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Philosophy, Medieval -- Congresses
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Mysticism -- Judaism -- Congresses
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Jews -- Intellectual life -- Congresses
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Jewish philosophy
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Jews -- Intellectual life
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Mysticism -- Judaism
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Philosophy, Medieval
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ivry, Alfred L., 1935- editor.
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Wolfson, Elliot R., editor
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Arkush, Allan, 1948- editor.
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Altman, Manfred, contributor
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| ISBN |
9780203059630 |
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0203059638 |
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