Gersonides on Providence, Covenant, and the Chosen People: A Study in Medieval Jewish Philosophy and Biblical CommentarySUNY Press, 1 de gen. 1995 - 257 pàgines Gersonides was one of the intellectual giants of the medieval Jewish world, a thinker of remarkable diversity and ingenuity. In the light of Gersonides' thought on providential suffering and on inherited providence, this book analyzes his position on one of the cardinal principles of Judaism: the concept of the Chosen People. |
Continguts
Introduction | 1 |
The Philosophical Background Providence Miracles and Inherited Providence in The Wars of the Lord | 13 |
PROVIDENCE | 14 |
MIRACLES | 22 |
INHERITED PROVIDENCE | 28 |
The Covenant with Abraham Gersonides Interpretation of Genesis 15 | 39 |
From the Slavery in Egypt to the Conquest of Canaan | 55 |
The Covenant at Sinai The Torah as Philosophical Guidebook | 73 |
THE EXTENSION OF THE COVENANT | 119 |
THE FUNCTION OF INHERITED PROVIDENCE AFTER THE CONQUEST | 128 |
THE PRESENT EXILE | 136 |
The Messianic Era | 147 |
The Language of Providence in Gersonides Biblical Commentaries | 157 |
Conclusions | 169 |
ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT | 172 |
THE PLACE OF THE BIBLICAL COMMENTARIES IN GERSONIDES PHILOSOPHY | 178 |
THE PHILOSOPHICAL CONTENT OF THE TORAH | 84 |
THE TORAH AS COVENANT | 94 |
The Torah and Esoteric Discourse | 99 |
From the Conquest of Canaan to the Present Exile | 115 |
THE ORIGINAL COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM | 116 |
The Pinnot HaTorah in Gersonides Thought | 185 |
Notes | 197 |
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