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A 1985 National Jewish Book Award Winner for Scholarship
The Wars of the Lord is the major treatise of Levi ben Gershom of Provence, one of the outstanding philosophers of the medieval world. This work examines in detail most of the controversial issues that had preoccupied the medieval mind: immortality of the human soul, prophecy, human freedom, divine providence, creation of the world, miracles.
Synopsis
This work examines in detail most of the controversial issues that had preoccupied the medieval mind: immortality of the human soul, prophecy, human freedom, divine providence, creation of the world, miracles.
Synopsis
The Wars of the Lord is the major treatise of Levi ben Gershom of Provence (1288-1344), one of the most creative and daring minds of the medieval world. The work, an unparalleled achievement of Jewish thought, is devoted to a demonstration that the Torah, properly understood, is identical to true philosophy. Originally published as a three-volume set, volume one (a National Jewish Book Award Winner) and volume two are now available together in a single book.
Table of Contents
v. 1. Book one, Immortality of the soul -- v. 2. Book two, Dreams, divination, and prophecy. Book three, Divine knowledge. Book four, Divine providence.