ABSTRACT

Moses Maimonides (1135--1204) is recognized both as a leading Jewish thinker and as one of the most radical philosophers of the Islamic world. The study reveals the significance of Maimonides to contemporary philosophical and theological problems.

chapter |17 pages

The cultural background

chapter |21 pages

How can we talk about God?

chapter |15 pages

The assault on the kalām

chapter |10 pages

What can God know?

chapter |5 pages

How do we know?

chapter |14 pages

The next world

chapter |19 pages

Persisting problems