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Maimonides on the origin of the world /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Maimonides on the origin of the world // Kenneth Seeskin.
Author:	Seeskin, Kenneth,
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 215 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Creation. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511614620
ISBN:	9780511614620 (ebook)

Maimonides on the origin of the world /
Seeskin, Kenneth,1947-

Maimonides on the origin of the world /Kenneth Seeskin. - 1 online resource (viii, 215 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

God and the problem of origin -- Creation in the Timaeus -- Aristotle and the arguments for eternity -- Plotinus and metaphysical causation -- Particularity -- Nature, miracles, and the end of the world -- Aftermath and conclusion.

Although Maimonides' discussion of creation is one of his greatest contributions - he himself claims that belief in creation is second in importance only to belief in God - there is still considerable debate on what that contribution was. Kenneth Seeskin takes a close look at the problems Maimonides faced and the sources from which he drew. He argues that Maimonides meant exactly what he said: the world was created by a free act of God so that the existence of everything other than God is contingent. In religious terms, existence is a gift. In order to reach this conclusion, Seeskin examines Maimonides' view of God, miracles, the limits of human knowledge, and the claims of astronomy to be a science. Clearly written and closely argued, Maimonides on the Origin of the World takes up questions of perennial interest.

ISBN: 9780511614620 (ebook)Subjects--Personal Names:

668152
Maimonides, Moses,
1135-1204.Subjects--Uniform Titles:

Bible.
--Genesis, I.--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish.Subjects--Topical Terms:

575407
Creation.

LC Class. No.: B759.M34 / S44 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 213/.092

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