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Searching for a distant God : the legacy of Maimonides
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Searching for a distant God : the legacy of Maimonides

Author: Kenneth Seeskin
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"In Searching for a Distant God, Kenneth Seeskin carries on an imaginary conversation with Maimonides, in which the great medieval thinker acknowledges his debt to Plato, Aristotle, and Plotinus, and takes up the objections of Aquinas, Kant, and Hegel. Seeskin uses this conversation to illuminate the complexities of monotheism, arguing that it involves controversial claims about God, creation, and the limits of  Read more...
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Named Person: Moses Maimonides; Moses Maimonides
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Kenneth Seeskin
ISBN: 019512846X 9780195128468
OCLC Number: 39615383
Description: xii, 252 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: The urge to philosophize --
The challenge of monotheism --
Speaking of and to God --
The problem of creation --
Imitatio Dei --
Monotheism and freedom --
Popular religion and a personal God --
Appendix: esotericism and the limits of knowledge: a critique of Strauss.
Responsibility: Kenneth Seeskin.
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Monotheism is usually considered Judaism's greatest contribution to world culture, but it is far from clear what monotheism is. This work examines the notion that monotheism is not so much a claim  Read more...

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schema:reviewBody""In Searching for a Distant God, Kenneth Seeskin carries on an imaginary conversation with Maimonides, in which the great medieval thinker acknowledges his debt to Plato, Aristotle, and Plotinus, and takes up the objections of Aquinas, Kant, and Hegel. Seeskin uses this conversation to illuminate the complexities of monotheism, arguing that it involves controversial claims about God, creation, and the limits of human knowledge." "Although Seeskin writes from a Jewish perspective, he deals with issues that are of equal importance to Christianity. His study is resource for scholars of Judaism, theology, philosophy of religion, and medieval intellectual history, as well as for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of monotheism."--BOOK JACKET."
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