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Searching for a distant God : the legacy of Maimonides / Kenneth Seeskin.

By: Seeskin, Kenneth, 1947-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2000Description: xii, 252 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 019512846X (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204 -- Contributions in doctrine of God | God (Judaism) -- History of doctrines | Jewish philosophyDDC classification: 296.3/11/092 LOC classification: BM610 | .S38 2000Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-241) and indexes.
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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-241) and indexes.

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.

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