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020			_a9781400831326 (electronic bk.)
020			_a1400831326 (electronic bk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)697174324
035			_a350076 _b(N$T)
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100	1		_aStroumsa, Sarah.
245	1	0	_aMaimonides in his world _h[electronic resource] : _bportrait of a Mediterranean thinker / _cSarah Stroumsa.
260			_aPrinceton, N.J. : _bPrinceton University Press, _cc2009.
300			_a1 online resource (xx, 222 p.)
490	1		_aJews, Christians, and Muslims from the ancient to the modern world
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [193]-217) and index.
505	0		_aMaimonides and Mediterranean culture -- Mediterranean cultures -- Maimonides as a Mediterranean thinker -- Horizons -- Transformations in the Jewish world -- Maimnonides and Saadia -- The theological context of Maimonides' thought -- Islamic theology -- Heresies, Jewish and Muslim -- An Almohad "fundamentalist"? -- Almohads -- Maimonides and the Almohads -- Legal aspects -- Theology -- Exegesis and political philosophy -- Philosophy and astronomy -- Conclusion -- La longue durée : Maimonides as a phenomenologist of religion -- Sabians -- Maimonides as an historian of religion -- "A wise and understanding people?" : the religion of the people -- A critical mind : Mamonides as scientist -- Medicine and science -- "Ravings" : Maimonides' concept of pseudo-science -- "From Moses to Moses" : Maimonides' vision of perfection -- "True felicity" : the hereafter in Maimonides' thought -- Issues of life and death : the controversy regarding resurrection -- "Gates for the righteous nation" : the philosopher as leader.
520	1		_a"While the great medieval philosopher, theologian, and physician Maimonides is acknowledged as a leading Jewish thinker, his intellectual contacts with his surrounding world are often described as related primarily to Islamic philosophy. Maimonides in His World challenges this view by revealing him to have wholeheartedly lived, breathed, and espoused the rich Mediterranean culture of his time." "Sarah Stroumsa argues that Maimonides is most accurately viewed as a Mediterranean thinker who consistently interpreted his own Jewish tradition in contemporary multicultural terms. Maimonides spent his entire life in the Mediterranean region, and the religious and philosophical traditions that fed his thought were those of the wider world in which he lived. Stroumsa demonstrates that he was deeply influenced not only by Islamic philosophy but by Islamic culture as a whole, evidence of which she finds in his philosophy as well as his correspondence and legal and scientific writings. She begins with a concise biography of Maimonides, then carefully examines key aspects of his thought, including his approach to religion and the complex world of theology and religious ideas he encountered among Jews, Christians, Muslims, and even heretics; his views about science; the immense and unacknowledged impact of the Almohads on his thought; and his vision of human perfection." "This insightful cultural biography restores Maimonides to his rightful place among medieval philosophers and affirms his central relevance to the study of medieval Islam."--BOOK JACKET.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
600	1	0	_aMaimonides, Moses, _d1135-1204.
650		0	_aPhilosophy, Medieval.
650		0	_aIntellectual life _xHistory.
600	1	7	_aMaimonides, Moses _2swd
655		4	_aElectronic books.
650		7	_aPHILOSOPHY / Eastern _2bisacsh
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aStroumsa, Sarah. _tMaimonides in his world. _dPrinceton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2009 _z9780691137636 _w(DLC) 2009004666 _w(OCoLC)302414634
830		0	_aJews, Christians, and Muslims from the ancient to the modern world.
856	4	0	_3NetLibrary _uhttp://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=350076
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