Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction 1
5. CHAPTER 1 Decline of the Generations 7
6. CHAPTER 2 Maimonides on Nature and Miracles 27
7. CHAPTER 3 Maimonides on Decline 37
8. CHAPTER 4 Maimonides' Attitude towards the Authority of the Rabbis in non-Halakhic Matters 55
9. CHAPTER 5 Maimonides on the "Advance" of the Generations 69
10. CHAPTER 6 On the Nature of the Rabbis' Authority 83
11. CHAPTER 7 Concluding (Quasi-) Scientific Postscript 91
12. Notes 97
13. References 123
14. Citations from Maimonides' Works 133
15. General Index 135