VII. Divine Will and Creation

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Prefatory Note VIII
3. Biographical Note IX
4. Table of Contents XI
5. Introductory Chapter 1
6. Part I. God
7. Note on Crescas’s Philosophical Position 25
8. I. Crescas’s Exposition of the Maimonidian Theories 29
9. II. Crescas’s Treatment of the Problems Relating to the Existence of God and His Attributes 59
10. Part II. God and the World
11. III. Introductory. Opinions Held by the Pre-Maimonidian Jewish Philosophers Concerning the Problems of Omniscience, Providence, and Freedom of the Will 83
12. IV. Maimonides’ View and Crescas’s Comments 94
13. V. Providence, Potence, and Free Will 116
14. VI. Teleology and Ethics 139
15. VII. Divine Will and Creation 151
16. Bibliography 157
17. Index 159