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What we can say about God
In Steven Nadler (ed.), Maimonides. Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 36–60 (2010-02-12)
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This chapter contains sections titled: The Unity and Incorporeality of the Deity Divine Predication: What Can We Say about God? Maimonides' Negative Theology On the Existence of God Conclusion: Implications of Maimonides' Negative Theology further reading.Author's Profile
Maimonide's halakhic and philosophical writings ‐ providing Jews with accurate pictures of God quasi‐mystical work, The Measure of the Divine Stature (Shi'ur Qoma) and God's bodily features mystical traditions ‐ Ezekiel's vision of God (“Merkabah Mysticism”) Maimonides' analysis of divine language ‐ saying very little, if anything, positive or negative, about God Maimonides' insistence ‐ on God's incorporeality and unity first book of Mishneh Torah, Book of Knowledge ‐ statement of God's existence Maimonides' theory of divine predication Maimonides' theory of negative predication ‐ challenge in scholastic world Maimonides' arguments ‐ in his work Light of the Lord (Or Ha‐Shem) implications of Maimonides' negative theology
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