{"product_id":"crescas-light-of-the-lord-or-hashem-translated-with-introduction-and-notes-9780198724896","title":"Crescas: Light of the Lord (or Hashem): Translated with Introduction and Notes","description":"This book is the first complete English translation of Hasdai Crescas's \u003cem\u003eLight of the Lord\u003c\/em\u003e, widely acknowledged as a seminal work of medieval Jewish philosophy and second in importance only to Maimonides' \u003cem\u003eGuide of the Perplexed\u003c\/em\u003e. In it Crescas takes on not only Maimonides but, through him, \u003cbr\u003eAristotle, 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\u003cbr\u003erather than a self-intellecting intellect. The end for humankind then is to become attached in love to the God of love through devoted service.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roslyn Weiss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/25\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198724896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoslyn Weiss\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Clara H. Stewardson Professor of Philosophy at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. She holds a doctorate in philosophy from Columbia University and an MA in Jewish Studies from the Baltimore Hebrew University. She has published four books on Plato and 50 scholarly articles on mainly Greek and Jewish philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39932103426163,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_f00f67f3-02c8-4f52-9381-f59915073e18.jpg?v=1647789960","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/crescas-light-of-the-lord-or-hashem-translated-with-introduction-and-notes-9780198724896","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}