Lenn E. Goodman [electronic resource] : Judaism, humanity, and nature / edited by Hava Tirosh-Samuelson and Aaron W. Hughes.
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TextSeries: Library of contemporary Jewish philosophers: v. 9.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2015Description: 1 online resource (xv, 239 p.)ISBN: 9004280766 (electronic book); 9789004280762 (electronic book)Subject(s): Goodman, Lenn Evan, 1944- | Jewish philosophy -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 181/.06 LOC classification: B5800 | .L46 2015Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: "Lenn E. Goodman is professor of philosophy and as the Andrew W. Mellon professor in the humanities at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Trained in medieval Arabic and Hebrew philosophy and intellectual history, his prolific scholarship has covered the entire history of philosophy from antiquity to the present with a focus on medieval Jewish philosophy. A synthetic philosopher, Goodman has drawn on Jewish religious sources (e.g., Bible, Midrash, Mishnah, and Talmud) as well as philosophic sources (Jewish, Muslim, and Christian), in an attempt to construct his own distinctive theory about the natural basis of morality and justice. Taking his cue from medieval Jewish philosophers such as Maimonides, Goodman offers a new theoretical framework for Jewish communal life that is attentive to contemporary philosophy and science"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-239).
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"Lenn E. Goodman is professor of philosophy and as the Andrew W. Mellon professor in the humanities at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Trained in medieval Arabic and Hebrew philosophy and intellectual history, his prolific scholarship has covered the entire history of philosophy from antiquity to the present with a focus on medieval Jewish philosophy. A synthetic philosopher, Goodman has drawn on Jewish religious sources (e.g., Bible, Midrash, Mishnah, and Talmud) as well as philosophic sources (Jewish, Muslim, and Christian), in an attempt to construct his own distinctive theory about the natural basis of morality and justice. Taking his cue from medieval Jewish philosophers such as Maimonides, Goodman offers a new theoretical framework for Jewish communal life that is attentive to contemporary philosophy and science"-- Provided by publisher.