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| Named Person: | Moses Maimonides; Moses Maimonides |
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| 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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Abstract:
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 about the number of God as a claim about the nature of God.
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