Jewish Philosophy: A Study in Personalism

Abraham bar Hiyya abstract activity actualized affirmation argued argument Aristotle asserts authentic Bar Hiyya belief Bible biblical blessing body causal chapter cognitive commandments concepts consciousness creation Creator Divine doctrine Emunot v'Deot endowed essence eternal ethical evil existence existential experience faculty faith formulation Franz Rosenzweig freedom Gersonides God's grounded Guide ha-Nefesh halakhah halakhic Hebraic human condition idea ideal immortality intellectual Israel Jewish philosophers Judaism knowledge Kuzari logical Maimonides maintains man's means messianic metaphysical Midrash mind mitzvah mitzvot moral Moses nature notion object olam habah one's ontological perfection personalism personalistic physical position potential principle prophets rabbis rational reason reference regard relation religion religious revelation Rosenzweig Saadia Saadia Gaon scheme Sefer sense Shabbat soul spiritual Stitskin structure substance Talmud teleological theonomy theory things thou thought tion token Torah tradition trans transcendent transcendental truth ultimate situation universal Yehudah Halevi Yeshiva University York אדם האדם