Crescas: Light of the Lord (Or Hashem)
Translated with introduction and notes
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Date of Publication: 11 December 2020
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| ISBN13: | 9780192894052 |
| ISBN10: | 0192894056 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | 388 pages |
| Size: | 235x156x22 mm |
| Weight: | 1 g |
| Language: | English |
| 270 |
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Short description:
This is the first complete English translation of Hasdai Crescas's Light of the Lord, a seminal work of medieval Jewish philosophy. Crescas challenges the Aristotelian underpinnings of medieval thought, introduces alternative physical and metaphysical theories, and presents service to the God of love and benefaction as the goal for humankind.
Long description:
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.
Apart from partial translations by Warren Harvey and Harry Wolfson, the English-speaking student of (late) medieval Jewish philosophy has had limited access to the text. Thanks to Roslyn Weiss's felicitous new translation, this is no longer the case.
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.
Apart from partial translations by Warren Harvey and Harry Wolfson, the English-speaking student of (late) medieval Jewish philosophy has had limited access to the text. Thanks to Roslyn Weiss's felicitous new translation, this is no longer the case.
Table of Contents:
Crescas's life and Works
Structure of Light of the Lord
Physics
Providence and Choice
About the Translation
Book I
Book II
Book III
Book IV
Structure of Light of the Lord
Physics
Providence and Choice
About the Translation
Book I
Book II
Book III
Book IV