Is God a person?: Maimonides, Crescas, and beyond
Drawing from multiple generations of Jewish philosophy (from Maimonides until today), this article argues for the seemingly paradoxical conclusion that God is both fully, and not at all, a person. The apparent contradiction in this conclusion is resolved by appeal to a two-layered ontology.
| Published in: | Religious studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2022
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Religious studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Maimonides, Moses 1135-1204
/ Ḳreśḳaś, Ḥasdai 1340-1410
/ Heschel, Abraham Joshua 1907-1972
/ God
/ Person
/ Jewish philosophy
/ Hassidism
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism BH Judaism NBC Doctrine of God |
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Maimonides
B Open Theism B Crescas B Hassidism B Heschel |
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| Summary: | Drawing from multiple generations of Jewish philosophy (from Maimonides until today), this article argues for the seemingly paradoxical conclusion that God is both fully, and not at all, a person. The apparent contradiction in this conclusion is resolved by appeal to a two-layered ontology. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-901X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412521000299 |