Monotheism is usually considered Judaism's greatest contribution to world culture, but it is far from clear what monotheism is. This work examines the notion that monotheism is not so much a claim about the number of God as a claim about the nature of God. Seeskin argues that the idea of a God who is separate from his creation and unique is not just an abstraction but a suitable basis for worship. He examines this conclusion in the contexts of prayer, creation, sabbath observance, repentance, religious freedom, and love of God. Maimonides plays a central role in the argument both because of his importance to Jewish self-understanding and because he deals with the question of how philosophic ideas are embodied in religious ritual.
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"Seeskin continues his articulation of the importance of philosophy of religion in this carefully and passionately argued book...Seeskin is not only writing to Jews who seek to know more about Maimonides but also to secular or Christian philosophers of religion... a highly accessible book." Reli gious Studies Review
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Kenneth Seeskin is at Northwestern University.
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"The Jewish People," as Julius Guttmann argues on the first page of his monumental study, "did not begin to philosophize because of an irresistible urge to do so. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Mishneh Torah, The Challenge of Monotheism, God of Abraham, Perek Helek, Agent Intellect, Parable of the Palace, Distant Cod, Pirkei Avot, Rabbi Eliezer, Seventh Letter, Rabbi Akiva New!
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"The Jewish People," as Julius Guttmann argues on the first page of his monumental study, "did not begin to philosophize because of an irresistible urge to do so. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
average worshipper, statutory prayer, sublunar realm, divine volition, heavenly intelligences, negative predicates, philosophic perspective, negative theology Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mishneh Torah, The Challenge of Monotheism, God of Abraham, Perek Helek, Agent Intellect, Parable of the Palace, Distant Cod, Pirkei Avot, Rabbi Eliezer, Seventh Letter, Rabbi Akiva New!
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- The Guide of the Perplexed, Vol. 1 by Moses Maimonides on 16 pages
- God of Abraham by Lenn Evan Goodman on 7 pages
- Leo Strauss and Judaism by David Novak on 7 pages
- Kant: The Metaphysics of Morals (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) by Immanuel Kant on 6 pages
- Neoplatonism and Jewish Thought (Studies in Neoplatonism) by Lenn E. Goodman on 6 pages
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- The Cambridge Companion to Maimonides (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy) by Kenneth Seeskin in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Speaking the Incomprehensible God: Thomas Aquinas on the Interplay of Positive and Negative Theology by Gregory Rocca on page 300, and Back Matter
- Maimonides on the Origin of the World by Kenneth Seeskin in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Jewish Messianism and the History of Philosophy by Martin Kavka on page 76, and Back Matter
- The Texture of the Divine: Imagination in Medieval Islamic and Jewish Thought by Aaron W. Hughes in Back Matter
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