Perspectives on Maimonides Philosophical and Historical Studies

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ISBN: 9781874774266 | 1874774269
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Copyright: 10/1/1996

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Leading scholars have combined forces to produce this volume on the philosophy and legal views of Moses Maimonides (11381204) and the historical context in which he worked. The philosophical section examines Maimonides ethical

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Contributors
Introduction	p. 1
The Ethical Views of Maimonides within the context of Islamicate Civilization	p. 13
Maimonides' Governance of the Solitary	p. 33
Maimonides in the Sultan's Palace	p. 47
Maimonides on the Philosophic Sciences in his Treatise on the Art of Logic	p. 77
Why Maimonides was not a Mutakallim	p. 105
Neoplatonic Currents in Maimonides' Thought	p. 115
Maimonides' Quest beyond Philosophy and Prophecy	p. 141
The 'True Perplexity': The Guide of the Perplexed, Part II, Chapter 24	p. 159
Maimonides on Religious Language	p. 175
Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed on Forbidden Food in the light of his own Medical Opinion	p. 195
Holy War in Maimonidean Law	p. 209
'To the Utmost of Human Capacity': Maimonides on the Days of the Messiah	p. 221
Maimonides on Eretz Yisrael: Halakhic, Philosophic, and Historical Perspectives	p. 257
'At Our Place in al-Andalus', 'At Our Place in the Maghreb'	p. 293
The Early Decades of Ayyubid Rule	p. 295
Saladin's Egypt and Maimonides	p. 303
Saladin's Religious Personality, Policy, and Image	p. 300
Index	p. 323
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