Without Any Doubt: Gersonides on Method and Knowledge (Supplements to the Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy, 13)

Klein-Braslavy, Sara

ISBN 10: 9004206523 / ISBN 13: 9789004206526

Published by Brill Academic Publishers, 2011

About this Item

Hardcover with glossy boards and some purple, teal and tan details, note that this book would be in fine condition if not for a few scattered light pencil marks, corners minutely bumped, pages bright white, sturdy binding.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Without Any Doubt: Gersonides on Method and Knowledge (Supplements to the Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy, 13)
• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004206523
• ISBN 13: 9789004206526
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Gersonides―Rabbi Levi ben Gershom (Provence, 1288–1344)―was a multifaceted thinker. Endowed with his original and critical mind, he did not accept the authority of his predecessors but investigated every matter for himself. His extraordinary attention to method―both of inquiry and of writing―stands out clearly in his own work and in his reading of certain biblical books. The eight articles on Gersonides’ thought and method collected in this volume address four main topics: Gersonides’ methods of inquiry and composition; the use of introductions in his own works and in biblical books; his method in the supercommentaries on Averroes; and his methods of biblical exegesis.

"Klein-Braslavi's (sic) book...is highly recommended for all libraries that take seriously philosophy, the life of the mind and cognition."
David B. Levy, Touro College

About the Author

Sara Klein-Braslavy, Ph.D (1972), Sorbonne - Paris IV, is professor emerita of Jewish Philosophy at Tel Aviv University. She is the author of four books on Maimonides’ biblical exegesis and of numerous articles on Jewish medieval philosophy.