Maimonides the universalist : the ethical horizons of the Mishneh Torah. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Authors: Kellner, Menachem; Gillis, David
• Contents: Note on Transliteration Introduction 1. Knowledge: To Know Is To Love 2. Love: Abraham, Moses, and the Meaning of Circumcision 3. Seasons: Hanukah and Purim Reconfigured 4. Women: Marital and Universal Peace 5. Holiness: Commandments as Instruments 6. Asseverations: Social Responsibility and Sanctifying God's Name 7. Agriculture: Sanctifying All Human Beings 8. Temple Service: The Divinity of the Commandments 9. Offerings: The Morality of the Commandments 10. Ritual Purity: Intellectual and Moral Purity 11. Damages: Who Is a Jew? 12. Acquisition: Slavery versus Universal Humanity 13. Civil Laws: God of Aristotle in the God of Abraham 14. Judges: Messianic Universalism Conclusion Appendix: Maimonides' Cosmic Paradigm Bibliography Index of Citations Index of Subjects.
• Publisher Details: Liverpool University Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: Religion & beliefs; Philosophy of religion; Judaism: theology; Philosophy -- Religious; Religion -- Judaism -- Theology; History -- Jewish; Religion -- Judaism -- General; Judaism
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781800347458
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