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.

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Main Author: Lebens, Samuel 1983- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2022
In: Religious studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 58, Issue: S1, Pages: 34-60
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Maimonides, Moses 1135-1204 / Ḳreśḳaś, Ḥasdai 1340-1410 / Heschel, Abraham Joshua 1907-1972 / God / Person / Jewish philosophy / Hassidism
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
BH Judaism
NBC Doctrine of God
Further subjects:B Maimonides
B Open Theism
B Crescas
B Hassidism
B Heschel
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