Searching for a distant God : the legacy of Maimonides
"In Searching for a Distant God, Kenneth Seeskin carries on an imaginary conversation with Maimonides, in which the great medieval thinker acknowledges his debt to Plato, Aristotle, and Plotinus, and takes up the objections of Aquinas, Kant, and Hegel. Seeskin uses this conversation to illuminate the complexities of monotheism, arguing that it involves controversial claims about God, creation, and the limits of human knowledge." "Although Seeskin writes from a Jewish perspective, he deals with issues that are of equal importance to Christianity. His study is resource for scholars of Judaism, theology, philosophy of religion, and medieval intellectual history, as well as for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of monotheism."--Jacket
xii, 252 pages ; 24 cm
9780195128468, 019512846X
39615383
The urge to philosophize
The challenge of monotheism
Speaking of and to God
The problem of creation
Imitatio Dei
Monotheism and freedom
Popular religion and a personal God
Appendix: esotericism and the limits of knowledge: a critique of Strauss