Classic Jewish Philosophers

Eliezer Schweid is retired Professor of Jewish Thought at the Hebrew University. He has published over 20 books in general and specific areas of Jewish thought of all periods, and has commented frequently on the relevance of the legacy of Jewish thought to contemporary issues of Jewish and universal human concern.

• CONTENTSIntroduction PART ONE THE EARLY MASTERS: FROM SAADIA TO HALEVIChapter One R. Saadia Gaon Chapter Two R. Isaac ben Solomon Israeli Chapter Three R. Baḥya ben Joseph Ibn Pakudah Chapter 4 R. Solomon Ibn GabirolChapter Five R. Abraham Bar ḤiyyaChapter Six R. Judah Halevi PART TWO MAIMONIDESChapter Seven Maimonides’s Personality & OeuvreChapter Eight Maimonides’s Earlier Philosophical Writings—The Introductions to the MishnahChapter Nine Maimonides’ Politics, Psychology & Ethics Chapter Ten Maimonides’s Theory of ProphecyChapter Eleven Foundations of Maimonides’s Theology Chapter Twelve Creation and Providence in MaimonidesChapter Thirteen Summary of Maimonidean Thought PART THREE THE LATER MASTERS: CONTINUATION AND TRANSITIONChapter Fourteen The Maimonidean Controversy Chapter Fifteen Transformations in Aristotelian PhilosophyChapter Sixteen GersonidesChapter Seventeen R. Ḥasdai Crescas Chapter Eighteen R. Joseph Albo Chapter Nineteen The Turn To Cultural ThoughtChapter Twenty From Spain to Italy