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Divine omniscience and omnipotence in medieval philosophy : Islamic, Jewish, and Christian perspectives / edited by Tamar Rudavsky.

Van Pelt Library BT131 .D58 1985
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Rudavsky, Tamar, 1951-
Series:
Synthese historical library ; v. 25.
Synthese historical library ; v. 25
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
God--Omniscience--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500--Congresses.
God.
God--Omnipotence--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500--Congresses.
Philosophy, Medieval--Congresses.
Philosophy, Medieval.
God--Omnipotence--History of doctrines.
God--Omnipotence.
God--Omniscience--History of doctrines.
God--Omniscience.
Genre:
Conference papers and proceedings.
Physical Description:
ix, 299 pages ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
Dordrecht, Holland ; Boston : D. Reidel Pub. Co. ; Hingham, MA : Sold and distributed in U.S.A. and Canada by Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1985]
Contents:
Part one : Introductory
Divine omniscience, omnipotence, and future contingents : an overview / Calvin G. Normore
Nos ipsi prinvipia sumus : Boethius and the basis of contingency
Part tow : Islamic perspectives
Wrongdoing and divine omnipotence in the theology of Abu Ishaq an-Nazzam / Josef Van Ess
Can God do what is wrong? / Richard Frank
Divine omniscience and future contingents in Alfarabi and Avicenna / Michael E. Marmura
Some reflections on the problem of future contingency in Alfarabi, Avicenna and Averroes
Part three : Jewish perspectives
The binding of Isaac : a test-case of divine foreknowledge / Seymour Feldman
Philosophical exegesis in historical perspective : the case of the binding of Isaac / Jeremy Cohen
Providence, divine omniscience and possibility : the case of maimonides / Alfred L. Ivry
Divine omniscience, contingency and prophecy in Gersonides / Tamar Rudavsky
Part four : Christian perspectives
Divine omnipotence in he early Sentences / Ivan Boh
Divine knowledge, divine power and human freedom in Thomas Aquinas and Henry of Ghent / John F. Wippel
The dialectic of omnipotence in the high and late Middle Ages / William J. Courtenay.
Notes:
"Papers presented at a conference held at the Ohio State University on March 3 and 4, 1982"--Page vii.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-284) and index.
Local Notes:
CJS copy acc.# 205210
ISBN:
9027717508
9789027717504
OCLC:
10727075

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