Maimonides in His World: Portrait of a Mediterranean Thinker
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Beteilige Person: Stroumsa, Sarah 1950- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Princeton Princeton University Press 2009
Schriftenreihe:Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400831326?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400831326?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400831326?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400831326?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400831326?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400831326?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400831326?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400831326
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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
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (245 p.)
ISBN:9781400831326
DOI:10.1515/9781400831326