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The Jewish Contribution to Medieval Philosophical Theology
In Charles Taliaferro & Philip L. Quinn, A Companion to Philosophy of Religion. Cambridge, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 106–113 (1997)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction The Nature of Belief in Jewish Thought Divine Attributes Creation Divine Providence Conclusion Works cited.Author's Profile
Jewish Contribution to Medieval Philosophical Theology fundamental problem of Jewish philosophy, like that of Islamic and Christian philosophy, is summed up in the formula “faith and reason.” Nature of Belief in Jewish Thought ‐ Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed is the most important work of medieval Jewish philosophy Divine Attributes ‐ different attributes of God constitute many distinct aspects or persons in the divine essence? Gersonides, on the other hand, disagreed with Maimonides' celebrated theory of negative theology and sided with Averroës problem of creation is a good example of the attempted synthesis between philosophy and Jewish tenets Maimonides at his word, then, it is clear that (1), creation in time of the universe out of absolute non ‐ existence most intractable problems in medieval Jewish thought, namely that of divine omniscience Gersonides concludes, the problem of divine omniscience has been resolved in favor of indeterminism Jewish philosophy arises ou
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