02127nam a2200397 a 4500 ebr10512257 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 100602s2010 mau sb 001 0deng d 2010021777 1934843806 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781934843802 9781618110183 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)760982069 B755 .K45 2010eb 181/.06 22 Kellner, Menachem Marc, 1946- Torah in the observatory [electronic resource] : Gersonides, Maimonides, Song of Songs / Menachem Kellner. Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2010. 374 p. Emunot Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-364) and index. Providence and the rabbinic tradition -- Mosaic prophecy: Maimonides and Gersonides -- Eschatology and miracles -- Creation, miracles, revelation -- Song of Songs and Gersonides' world -- Maimonides and Gersonides on astronomy and metaphysics -- Gersonides on the Song of Songs and the nature of science -- Politics and perfection: Gersonides vs. Maimonides -- The role of the active intellect in human cognition -- Imitatio dei and the dissemination of scientific knowledge -- Moses ibn Tibbon and Gersonides on Song of Songs -- Misogyny: Gersonides vs. Maimonides -- Gersonides and his cultured despisers: Arama and Abravanel. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Levi ben Gershom, 1288-1344. Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204. Bible. O.T. Song of Solomon Criticism, interpretation, etc. Jewish philosophy. Philosophy, Medieval. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Emunot. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10512257 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 119912 119912