Searching for a Distant God

"In Searching for a Distant God, Kenneth Seeskin carries on an imaginary conversation with Maimonides, in which the great medieval thinker acknowledges his debt to Plato, Aristotle, and Plotinus, and takes up the objections of Aquinas, Kant, and Hegel. Seeskin uses this conversation to illuminate the complexities of monotheism, arguing that it involves controversial claims about God, creation, and the limits of human knowledge.". "Although Seeskin writes from a Jewish perspective, he deals with issues that are of equal importance to Christianity. His study is resource for scholars of Judaism, theology, philosophy of religion, and medieval intellectual history, as well as for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of monotheism."--BOOK JACKET.

First sentence: "The Jewish People," as Julius Guttmann argues on the first page of his monumental study, "did not begin to philosophize because of an irresistible urge to do so.

Year

1999

Language

English

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Editions

1

Pages

264

ISBN

9780195128468

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