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Bibliographic Details

Title

Crescas: Light of the Lord (Or Hashem): Translated with introduction and notes

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication Date

2021

Language

English

ISBN 10

0192894056

ISBN 13

9780192894052

Binding

Paperback

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

New

Weight

22 ounces

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Philosophy, Religion & Theology

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Synopsis

This volume is the first complete English translation of Hasdai Crescas's Light of the Lord.

Light of the Lord is widely acknowledged as a seminal work of medieval Jewish philosophy and second in importance only to Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed. Crescas takes on not only Maimonides but, through him, Aristotle, and challenges views of physics and metaphysics that had become entrenched in medieval thought. Once the Aristotelian underpinnings of medieval thought are dislodged, Crescas introduces alternative physical views and reinstates the classical Jewish God as a God of love and benefaction rather than a self-intellecting intellect. The end for humankind then is to become attached in love to the God of love through devoted service.

About the Author

Roslyn Weiss is the Clara H. Stewardson Professor of Philosophy at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. She holds a doctorate in philosophy from Columbia University and an MA in Jewish Studies from the Baltimore Hebrew University. She has published four books on Plato and 50 scholarly articles on mainly Greek and Jewish philosophy.

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