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Maimonides: A Collection of Critical Essays
Joseph A. Buijs
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Description for Maimonides: A Collection of Critical Essays
Paperback. The essays in this book deal with philosophical issues in the thought of Maimonides. Included are: "The Literary Character of the "Guide for the Perplexed"" by Leo Staus, "The Purpose of the Law According to Maimonides" by Miriam Galston, and "Essence and Existence in Maimonides" by Alexander Altmann. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
"This volume contains fourteen essays written by the foremost Maimonidean scholars of this generation and the last, as well as an introduction and bibliography prepared by the editor. It seeks to present a modern, philosophically-sophisticated audience with the best in English-language scholarship on Maimonides's philosophy.... It is well suited as a textbook for students of medieval thought and of Medieval Judaism.” —Critical Review
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
326
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268013684
SKU
V9780268013684
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About Joseph A. Buijs
Joseph A. Buijs is associate professor in philosophy, St. Joseph's College, University of Alberta, Canada.
Reviews for Maimonides: A Collection of Critical Essays
“Buijs is to be congratulated for gathering into one volume essays of such a scope and quality, as well as for confronting the challenging issues of interpretation raised so acutely by Leo Strauss. This combination of factors makes this work immensely useful to students of philosophy and theology who may have been misled by their earlier studies into thinking that ... Read more