Spinoza and medieval Jewish philosophy / edited by Steven Nadler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nadler, Steven, 1958- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677--Influence.

Spinoza, Benedictus de.

Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677.

Jewish philosophy--History--To 1500.

Jewish philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 239 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Spinoza & Medieval Jewish Philosophy

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over the last two decades there has been an increasing interest in the influence of medieval Jewish thought upon Spinoza's philosophy. The essays in this volume, by Spinoza specialists and leading scholars in the field of medieval Jewish philosophy, consider the various dimensions of the rich, important, but vastly under-studied relationship between Spinoza and earlier Jewish thinkers. It is the first such collection in any language, and together the essays provide a detailed and extensive analysis of how different elements in Spinoza's metaphysics, epistemology, moral philosophy, and political and religious thought relate to the views of his Jewish philosophical forebears, such as Maimonides, Gersonides, Ibn Ezra, Crescas, and others. The topics addressed include the immortality of the soul, the nature of God, the intellectual love of God, moral luck, the nature of happiness, determinism and free will, the interpretation of Scripture, and the politics of religion.

Contents:

Mortality of the soul from Alexander of Aphrodisias to Spinoza / Jacob Adler

Spinoza and the determinist tradition in medieval Jewish philosophy / Charles Manekin

The science of scripture: Abraham Ibn Ezra and Spinoza on biblical hermeneutics / T.M. Rudavsky

Spinoza's rejection of Maimonideanism / Steven Frankel

Ishq, Hesheq, and Amor Dei Intellectualis / Warren Zev Harvey

Monotheism at bay: the gods of Maimonides and Spinoza / Kenneth Seeskin

Moral agency without free will: Spinoza's naturalizing of moral psychology in a Maimonidean key / Heidi M. Ravven

Virtue, reason, and moral luck: Maimonides, Gersonides, Spinoza / Steven Nadler

'Something of it remains': Spinoza and Gersonides on intellectual eternity / Julie R. Klein

Hasdai Crescas and Spinoza on actual infinity and the infinity of God's attributes / Yitzhak Y. Melamed.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-108-45528-X

1-316-19095-1

1-316-18909-0

1-316-20941-5

1-316-20574-6

1-316-20204-6

1-139-79539-2

1-316-20755-2

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