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Reading Strauss On Maimonides: A New Approach, Alan Verskin
Reading Strauss On Maimonides: A New Approach, Alan Verskin
Journal of Textual Reasoning
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In Defense Of Negative Theology: A Reply To Steven Kepnes, Kenneth Seeskin
In Defense Of Negative Theology: A Reply To Steven Kepnes, Kenneth Seeskin
Journal of Textual Reasoning
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Four Critiques Of Crescas Against Maimonides And The Relationship Of Intellect And Practice In Religion, Alexander Green
Four Critiques Of Crescas Against Maimonides And The Relationship Of Intellect And Practice In Religion, Alexander Green
Journal of Textual Reasoning
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The Inexhaustible Metaphor Of Light: Illuminating The Fault Lines Between Crescas And Maimonides, James A. Diamond
The Inexhaustible Metaphor Of Light: Illuminating The Fault Lines Between Crescas And Maimonides, James A. Diamond
Journal of Textual Reasoning
Moses Maimonides’ (1138-1205) Guide of the Perplexed, and his later philosophical and theological arch-nemesis Hasdai Crescas’ (circa 1340-1412) Light of the Lord, are works of philosophical theology intended in a core sense as primers on how to properly understand God’s revealed word. Since metaphor and allegory are the primary instruments of philosophical exegesis my paper focuses on light as a root metaphor which illuminates an array of the challenges Crescas mounts against Maimonides. Their different uses of light imagery capture what is the core issue that informs the opposition between them across the theological spectrum. For Maimonides reason is the …
Hasdai Crescas's Philosophical Biblical Exegesis, Roslyn Weiss
Hasdai Crescas's Philosophical Biblical Exegesis, Roslyn Weiss
Journal of Textual Reasoning
In this paper I present several examples of Crescas’s biblical exegesis in which his unique understanding of the text in question informs his philosophic ideas. We shall consider first a Crescasian interpretation of a biblical text in which there is a pointed and explicit departure from a Maimonidean interpretation: trials in general and the Aqeidah, the Binding of Isaac, in particular. What we shall see is that for Crescas, the purpose of this trial is to increase Abraham’s love for God, since, on Crescas’s understanding, the purpose of doing deeds—whether in the form of specific trials or in fulfilling commandments …