An Exposition of Joseph Ibn Shem Tov's 'Kevod Elohim' (the Glory of God) : A Fifteenth-Century Philosophical Work (Jewish Studies)

An Exposition of Joseph Ibn Shem Tov's 'Kevod Elohim' (the Glory of God) : A Fifteenth-Century Philosophical Work (Jewish Studies)

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 176 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780773473362
  • DDC分類 181.06

基本説明

Written by the 15th-century Spanish-Jewish thinker, Joseph Ibn Shem Tov, Kevod Elohim examines the teachings of Aristotle and his commentators and compares for the first time Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics with the Bible.

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Written by the 15th-century Spanish-Jewish thinker, Joseph idn Shem Tov, "Kevod Elohim" examines the teachings of Aristotle and his commentators and compares for the first time Aristotle's "Nicomachean Ethics" with the Bible. Ruth Birnbaum's study makes the contents on this work available to scholars who are not familiar or fluent with mediaeval Hebrew script. It should interest scholars of Jewish mediaevalia, Aristotelian philosophy, and biblical and rabbinic studies. It makes a significant contribution to the comprehensive study of Jewish history and philosophical thought.

Contents

The life and works of Joseph Ibn Shem Tov; the Aristotelian legacy; the philosophical quest;"Kevod Elohim" as apologia; the "Summum Bonum" of man; immortality.