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1	Knowledge by way of prophecy Rabinowitz, Dani Wayne January 2013 (has links) This thesis investigates whether beliefs acquired by way of prophecy are safe. By ‘prophecy’ I have in mind the presentation of the prophetic method as found in the Guide of the Perplexed, which was Moses Maimonides’ philosophical masterpiece. And by ‘safe’ I have in mind the work by Timothy Williamson on the safety condition for knowledge. Both authors have proven to be dominant forces on these respective topics. The significance of this investigation derives from the centrality of prophecy to the three monotheistic religions. My main goal in this thesis is to identify those safety risks associated with the prophetic method. In this manner I aim to undermine any presumption in favor of prophetic beliefs as a whole being safe. Importantly, this general conclusion does not entail of a specific prophetic belief p that p is unsafe. Additionally, the scope of these results is restricted to the model of prophecy found in the Guide. The thesis begins with a critical elucidation of Williamson’s extensive work on the safety condition for knowledge. Particular attention is paid to those issues related to method individuation and Williamson’s cumulative conception of bases. Matters concerning these two topics inform the reading of Maimonides on prophecy found in the second chapter. In particular, I argue that Maimonides should be read as defending a cumulative conception of prophecy. As I emphasize several times during the chapter, the epistemology of prophecy cannot be reduced to the epistemology of testimony since prophecy for Maimonides does not involve the transfer of a proposition from God to the prophet. The third chapter is devoted to identifying those elements of the prophetic method that involve room for error. I argue that while all belief-forming methods in a fallibilist epistemology contain room for error, some are riskier than others. Prophecy should be considered one of the riskier sort. The fourth and final chapter shifts attention to non-standard semantics for ‘knows,’ David Lewis’s in particular. I argue that the interaction between such semantics and the laws governing prophecy in Jewish law is problematic. In particular, I demonstrate that such semantics destabilize the prophetic phenomenon. As such, we must either choose invariantism and gain stability, or choose non-standard semantics for ‘knows’ and live with this lack of stability. 121
2	Abraham's Final Lekh-Lekha : Maimonides and Ibn Kaspi on Disobedience in the Akedah / Abraham’s Final לך-לך : Maimonides and Ibn Kaspi on Disobedience in the Akedah Saleh, Leo January 2023 (has links) No description available. Genesis 22 The Binding of Isaac The Binding The Akedah Aqedah Aqedat Abraham Isaac Maimonides Rambam Ibn Kaspi The Guide of the Perplexed Moreh Nevukhim Gevia Kesef Yoreh Deah Silver Goblet Disobedience Divine command Rabbinic Midrash Hebrew bible Redaction criticism Reception theory Intertextuality Genesis 22 Isaks Bindande Akedah Akedat Aqedah Aqedat Isak Abraham Maimonides Rambam Ibn Kaspi The Guide of the Perplexed Moreh Nevukhim Gevia Kesef Yoreh Deah Silver Goblet Hebreiska bibeln Olydnad Rabbinsk tolkning Midrash Redaktionskritik Receptionshistoria Intertextualitet Religious Studies Religionsvetenskap
3	マイモニデスにおける神への道程 : 神を知解することと人間の生き方との相関性に関する考察 / マイモニデスニオケルカミエノミチノリ : カミオチカイスルコトトニンゲンノイキカタトノソウカンセイニカンスルコウサツ / マイモニデスニオケルカミエノドウテイ : カミオチカイスルコトトニンゲンノイキカタトノソウカンセイニカンスルコウサツ神田愛子, Aiko Kanda 09 September 2021 (has links) 序論では研究史を踏まえ、マイモニデスの時代の政治・社会的背景、彼の生涯と著作を概観し、中世ユダヤ思想における彼の思想の位置づけと影響関係を考察した上で『迷える者の手引き』読解の方法論を提示した。本論では「神の本質と属性」、「戒律と人間の自由意志」、「マイモニデスにおける神への道程」の三つを中心的テーマに据え、それらを副題の「神を知解することと人間の生き方との相関性」に結び付けて考察した。 / In the Introduction, based on the History of Maimonidean Study, I surveyed the position of Maimonides' thought and the influential relations among the Medieval Jewish Thought, and then, presented the methodology to read "the Guide of the Perplexed." In the main part, I set the following three subjects, i.e., 'the Essence of God and His Attributes,' 'God's Commandments and Man's Freedom of the Will,' and 'the Transitional Path to God in Maimonides,' to the central theme, and examined these three subjects by connecting with the subtitle, 'the Correlativity between Man's Comprehension of God and His Way of Life.' / 博士(一神教研究) / Doctor of Philosophy in Monotheistic Studies / 同志社大学 / Doshisha University マイモニデス迷える者の手引き中世ユダヤ思想人間の完全性神の知解人間の生き方神の本質属性論戒律の道理と目的自由意志神の摂理 Maimonides Guide of the Perplexed Medieval Jewish Thought Human Perfection Comprehension of God Way of Life Essence of God Theory of Attributes Reason and Purpose of the Commandments Freedom of the Will Providence of God

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Abraham's Final Lekh-Lekha : Maimonides and Ibn Kaspi on Disobedience in the Akedah / Abraham’s Final לך-לך : Maimonides and Ibn Kaspi on Disobedience in the Akedah