Ḥasdai Crescas: Light of the Lord (Or Hashem): Translated with Introduction and Notes —Ḥasdai Crescas

Ḥasdai Crescas: Light of the Lord (Or Hashem): Translated with Introduction and Notes — חסדאי קרשׂקשׂ אור השׁם – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780198724896,0198724896

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0198724896
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0198724896
• Author: Roslyn Weiss

This book is the first complete English translation of Hasdai Crescas’s Light of the Lord, widely acknowledged as a seminal work of medieval Jewish philosophy and second in importance only to Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed. In it Crescas takes on not only Maimonides but, through him, Aristotle, and challenges views of physics and metaphysics that had become entrenched in medieval thought. Once the Aristotelian underpinnings of medieval thought are dislodged, Crescas introduces alternative physical views and reinstates the classical Jewish God as a God of love and benefaction rather than a self-intellecting intellect. The end for humankind then is to become attached in love to the God of love through devoted service.

Table contents:

Translator’s Introduction
Introduction
Preface
Book I
Book II
Book III
Book IV
Bibliography

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