Medieval Jewish Philosophical Writings

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Edited by Charles Manekin, University of Maryland, College Park

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: June 2012
Print publication year:: 2008
Online ISBN:: 9780511811067
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511811067

Subjects:: History of Philosophy, Philosophy Texts, Philosophy
Series:: Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy

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Medieval Jewish intellectuals living in Muslim and Christian lands were strongly concerned to recover what they regarded as a 'lost' Jewish philosophical tradition. As part of this project they transmitted and produced many philosophical and scientific works and commentaries, as well as philosophical commentary on scripture, in Judaeo-Arabic and Hebrew, the principal literary languages of medieval Jewry. This volume presents translations of seven prominent medieval Jewish rationalists: Saadia Gaon, Solomon ibn Gabirol, Moses Maimonides, Isaac Albalag, Moses of Narbonne, Levi Gersonides, Hasdai Crescas and Joseph Albo - including, for the first time in English, the complete Falaquera abridgement of Gabirol's Source of Life. These works range over topics that are both theological (e.g. the creation of the world) and philosophical (e.g. determinism and free choice), but they are characterized by two overarching principles: the unity of truth, and its accessibility to human reason.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Introduction
pp vii-xxxi

Chronology
pp xxxii-xxxiv

Further reading
pp xxxv-xxxviii

Note on the texts and translations
pp xxxix-xlii

1 - Saadia Gaon, from The Book of the Beliefs and Convictions
pp 1-22

2 - Solomon ibn Gabirol and Shem Tov b. Joseph Falaquera, Excerpts from “The Source of Life”
pp 23-87

3 - Moses Maimonides, from The Guide of the Perplexed
pp 88-139

4 - Isaac Albalag, from The Emendation of the “Opinions”
pp 140-142

5 - Moses of Narbonne (Narboni), The Treatise on Choice
pp 143-152

6 - Levi Gersonides, from The Wars of the Lord
pp 153-191

7 - Ḥasdai Crescas, from The Light of the Lord Treatise Two
pp 192-235

8 - Joseph Albo, from The Book of Principles
pp 236-252

Index
pp 253-256

CAMBRIDGE TEXTS IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
pp 257-259

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