{"product_id":"jewish-philosophical-polemics-against-christianity-in-the-middle-ages-with-a-new-introduction-9781904113515","title":"Jewish Philosophical Polemics Against Christianity in the Middle Ages: With a New Introduction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThorough and meticulously researched, this study is based on a comprehensive reading of philosophical arguments drawn from all the major Jewish sources, published and unpublished, from the Geonic period in the ninth century until the dawn of the Haskalah in the late eighteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe core of the book is a detailed discussion of the four doctrines of Christianity whose rationality Jews thought they could definitively refute: trinity, incarnation, transubstantiation, and virgin birth. In each case, Daniel Lasker presents a succinct history of the Christian doctrine and then proceeds to a careful examination of the Jewish efforts to demonstrate its impossibility. The main text is clearly written in a non-technical manner, with the Christian doctrines and the Jewish responses both carefully explained; the notes include long quotations, in Hebrew and Arabic as well as in English, from sources that are not readily available in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the time of its original publication in 1977 this book was regarded as a major contribution to a relatively neglected area of medieval Jewish intellectual history; the new, wide-ranging introduction prepared for this paperback edition, which surveys and summarizes subsequent scholarship, re-establishes its position as a major work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Has acquired the status of a classic. A great deal of new work has been published, however, in the past thirty years. The book is now reprinted by the Littman Library, with a new introduction by the author summarizing these more recent contributions to the subject, which include critical editions of classic texts as well as specialized studies and overviews ... A substantial new bibliography completes the introduction. Thanks are due to the Littman Library for placing this important book before a new generation of readers.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicholas de Lange, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJournal of Jewish Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A valuable contribution to this field of research because of its very precise, detailed, and competent study of the themes involved in the disputation and the polemics.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEuropean Journal of Jewish Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to the Second Edition  1\tIntroduction \tGeneral Principles\t \tPhilosophical Arguments \t  Exegetical Arguments • Historical Arguments • Rational Arguments \tProcedure to the Followed 2\tSources The Various Methods of the Polemicists   Exegesis of the Hebrew Bible • Exegesis of Rabbinical Literature • Attacks on    Christianity • Comparisons of Christian Doctrines with the New Testament •    Attacks on the Articles of Christianity • Comparisons of Christianity with the Principles of Philosophy The Literary Style of the Polemics Other Sources of Jewish Philosophical Arguments The Christian Sources 3\tThe Use of Reason in Religious Debates \tExplanations of Christian Belief in Irrational Doctrines \tMaimonides’ Guidelines \tThe Polemical Approach of the Jewish Averroists \tCriteria for Determining Logical Impossibility \tConclusions 4\tTrinity Trinity Implies Matter The Divine Attributes Are Not Persons   Jewish Kalamic Refutations of the Trinity • Aristotelian Refutations Generation Disproves Unity   The Specific Generation of Jesus • Eternal Generation of the Son Syllogistic Logic Refutes the Trinity Images of the Trinity Conclusions 5\tIncarnation God is Incorporeal   God’s Incorporeality Precludes Incarnation • God Cannot be Limited in Place God is Immutable God’s Simple Unity Precluses Incarnation A Union of Divinity and Humanity is Impossible   Types of Physical Union • The Person of Jesus Conclusions 6\tTransubstantiation The Interpenetrability of Bodies   How Could the Body of Jesus Enter Bread? • How Could Jesus’ Large Body Fit    into Smaller Dimensions? • How Could Jesus Pass Through the Heavens Without    Damaging Them? The Concepts of Number and Place   Simultaneity of Jesus’ Body on Many Altars Remaining One • Simultaneity of    Jesus’ Body Being in Many Places The Concept of Motion   Motion in No Time is Impossible • One Body Cannot Be in Motion and Rest at    the Same Time The Problem of Accidents   How Can Accidents be Without Subjects? • The Senses Must Not Be Deceived •    Substance Cannot become Accident, nor Accident Substance Miscellaneous Arguments Conclusions 7\tVirgin Birth The Interpenetrability of Bodies Images of the Virgin Birth Conclusions 8\tConclusions Jewish Knowledge of Christianity The Sources of Jewish Arguments The Role of Philosophy in Jewish–Christian Relations The Significance of the Medieval Jewish Philosophical Polemics Against    Christianity  List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index of Citations General Index","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771732263255,"sku":"9781904113515","price":20.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781904113515.jpg?v=1758728899","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/jewish-philosophical-polemics-against-christianity-in-the-middle-ages-with-a-new-introduction-9781904113515","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}