10. Reasons for the Commandments in Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed and in Provençal Jewish Philosophy

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Section I. Maimonides
5. 1. Maimonides’ God: The God of Abraham or the God of Aristotle? 3
6. 2. Maimonides on Divine Religion 19
7. 3. Maimonides on the Eternity of the World 40
8. Section II. Three Jewish Philosophers of Provence
9. 4. Moses Ibn Tibbon: Translator and Philosophical Exegete 73
10. 5. Levi ben Avraham and his Encyclopedia of Philosophy and Judaism, Livyat Ḥen 116
11. 6. Nissim of Marseille and his Radical Philosophic Commentary on the Torah 161
12. Section III. The Reception of Maimonides in Medieval Provençal Jewish Philosophy
13. 7. From Esotericism to Science: The Account of the Chariot in Maimonidean Philosophy till the End of the Thirteenth Century 209
14. 8. Sage and Prophet in the Thought of Maimonides and the Jewish Philosophers of Provence 270
15. 9. The Prophecy of Moses in Medieval Jewish Provençal Philosophy: Natural or Supernatural? 315
16. 10. Reasons for the Commandments in Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed and in Provençal Jewish Philosophy 361
17. 11. From Dialogue to Contemplation: The Transformation of the Meaning of Prayer in Maimonides and the Medieval Jewish Philosophers of Provence 396
18. Bibliography 437
19. Index 465