فلسفه یهود در قرون وسطی: علم، عقل گرایی و دین [کتاب انگلیسی] | کتابخانه مجازی الفبا

Table of contents :
Cover
The Oxford History of Philosophy
Jewish Philosophy in the Middle Ages
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Commonly used Abbreviations
1: What Is Jewish Philosophy?
I Judaism and Science: Tension or Accommodation
II What is Jewish Philosophy?
III Overview of Major Topics and Chapters
2: Athens, Jerusalem, and Beyond: The Formative Schools and Personalities within Medieval Jewish Philosophy
I Introduction
II The Formative Traditions
II.1 The Greek philosophical schools
II.1.1 Plato (427-347 bce)
II.1.2 Aristotle (384-322 bce)
II.1.3 Ptolemy (c. 100-170 ce)
II.1.4 Plotinus (204-270) and the Neoplatonist tradition
II.2 The world of the rabbis
II.2.1 Biblical works
II.2.2 The Jewish mystical tradition
II.2.3 The world of the Talmud
II.3 The Hellenization of Jewish thought
II.3.1 Philo of Alexandria (Philo Judaeus, c. 20 bce-50 ce)
III The Transmission of Greek Philosophy
IV Major Figuresand Schools in Medieval Jewish Philosophy
IV.1 The Kalâm theologians
IV.1.1 Saadiah ben Joseph Gaon (882-942)
IV.2 Jewish Neoplatonism
IV.2.1 Isaac ben Solomon Israeli (c. 855-c. 955)
IV.2.2 Solomon ibn Gabirol (c. 1021-c. 1057/8)
IV.2.3 Abraham ibn Ezra (c. 1089-1164)
IV.3 Two eclectic thinkers: Baya ibn Paquda and Judah Halevi
IV.3.1 Baya ibn Paquda (mid-eleventh century)
IV.3.2 Judah Halevi (before 1075 to 1141)
IV.4 The Aristotelian tradition
IV.4.1 Abraham ibn Daud (c. 1110-80)
IV.4.2 Moses Maimonides (1138-1204)
IV.5 Post Maimonidean philosophy: the thirteenth century
IV.5.1 Reception of Maimonides´ works
IV.5.2 Late thirteenth and fourteenth century: translations and encyclopedias
IV.6 Fourteenth- and fifteenth-century reactions to Maimonideanism
IV.6.1 Gersonides (1288-1344)
IV.6.2 asdai Crescas (c. 1340-1410)
IV.6.3 Joseph Albo (fl. fifteenth century)
IV.7 Prelude to the early modern period
IV.7.1 Isaac Abravanel (1437-1508) and Judah Abravanel (c. 1460 to after 1523)
IV.7.2 Joseph Solomon Delmedigo (1591-1655)
IV.7.3 Baruch Spinoza (1632-77)
3: On Achieving Truth: Science, Philosophy, and Faith
I Introduction
II The Methodological Influence of Aristotle: Demonstration and Natural Philosophy
III The Ultimate Desideratum: Removing Perplexity
IV Heresy and the Limits of Faith
4: Divine Science: The Existence and Nature of God
I Introduction
II Establishing the Unity and Incorporeality of God
III Proofs for the Existence of God
III.1 Weak versions of the cosmological argument: Saadiah Gaon and Baya ibn Paquda
III.2 Maimonides and Crescas on the cosmological argument for God´s existence
III.3 Metaphysical argument for the existence of God: Ibn Daud, Maimonides, and Crescas
III.4 The teleological argument: Maimonides and Gersonides
IV Divine Predication: What Can we Say about God?
5: God, Suffering, and Omniscience
I Introduction
II The Many Dimensions of the Problem of Divine Omniscience
III Suffering, Providence, and the Book of Job: Saadiah Gaon, Maimonides, and Gersonides
IV Theological Compatibilism: Saadiah Gaon, Halevi, and Maimonides
V Theological Incompatibilism: Ibn Daud and Gersonides
VI The Challenge of Determinism: Crescas on Divine Knowledge and Possibility
VII Conclusion
6: Creation, Time, and Eternity
I Introduction
II The concept of Time: Greek and Rabbinic Background
III Harmonizing Jerusalem and Athens: Time and creation in Philo
IV Neoplatonic Cosmology: Creation as Emanation
V Kalâm and Anti-Kalâm Arguments for Creation
VI Aristotelian Models of Creation: Maimonides, Gersonides, and Crescas
VII Scripture, Philosophy, and the First Instant of Creation
7: Philosophical Cosmology: The Nature of the Universe
I Introduction
II Astronomy and Cosmology Conceived Broadly
III Astrology and the Heavenly Bodies: Greek and Secular Antecedents
IV Astrology in the Jewish world
V Astrological Determinism and Human Freedom: Ibn Ezra, Maimonides and Gersonides
VI Miracles: Natural or Supernatural?
8: On Immortality and the Nature of the Soul
I Introduction
II Matter, Form, and Soul: Isaac Israeli, Solomon ibn Gabirol, and Maimonides
III Immortality and the Active Intellect: Halevi, Maimonides, and Gersonides
IV Immortality and Resurrection of the Body
9: Happiness, Virtue, and Political Society: Living the Good Life
I Introduction
II Living the Good Life: Ibn Gabirol, Baya ibn Paquda, Maimonides, and Gersonides
III Politics and Law: Is there Room for Natural Law independent of Divine Law?
IV Active Intellect, Prophecy, and the Political Dimension
V Monarchy, Prophecy, and Politics in post-Maimonidean Thought
VI On Human Felicity: The Meaning and Purpose of Life
10: Concluding Comments
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Index