An exposition of Joseph ibn Shem Tov's Kevod Elohim (The glory of God), a fifteenth-century philosophical work : on the summum bonum of man and the true happiness / Ruth Birnbaum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Birnbaum, Ruth.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Jewish studies (Lewiston, N.Y.) ; v. 22.

Jewish studies ; v. 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ben Shem Tov, Joseph, approximately 1400-approximately 1460. Kevod Elohim.

Ben Shem Tov, Joseph.

Jewish philosophy.

Philosophy, Medieval.

Physical Description:

xii, 162 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston, N.Y. ; Lampeter, Wales : Edwin Mellen Press, [2001]

Contents:

I. The Life and Works of Joseph Ibn Shem Tov 1

II. The Aristotelian Legacy 7

III. The Philosophic Quest 19

IV. Kevod Elohim as Apologia 27

V. The Summum Bonum of Man 45

VI. Immortality 67.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Boston University, Boston, Mass., 1982.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [131]-147) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

077347336X

OCLC:

46937579