Moses and Abraham Maimonides: Encountering the Divine (Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah) - Softcover

Lobel, Diana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1644695375 ISBN 13: 9781644695371

Publisher: Academic Studies Press, 2022

Synopsis

Moses Maimonides―a proud heir to the Andalusian tradition of Aristotelian philosophy―crafted a bold and original philosophical interpretation of Torah and Judaism. His son Abraham Maimonides is a fascinating maverick whose Torah commentary mediates between the philosophical interpretations of his father, the contextual approach of Biblical exegetes such as Saadya, and the Sufi-flavored illuminative mysticism of his Egyptian Pietist circle. This pioneering study explores the intersecting approaches of Moses and Abraham Maimonides to the spark of divine illumination and revelation of the divine name Ehyeh asher Ehyeh, “I am that I am / I will be who I will be.”

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About the Author

Diana Lobel is Associate Professor of Religion at Boston University. She is the author of Between Mysticism and Philosophy: Sufi Language of Religious Experience in Judah Halevi’s Kuzari (2000), A Sufi-Jewish Dialogue: Philosophy and Mysticism in Baḥya Ibn Paqūda’s Duties of the Heart (2007), The Quest for God and the Good (2011), and Philosophies of Happiness (2017).

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Studies Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1644695375
• ISBN 13: 9781644695371
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 238