Dogma in Medieval Jewish Thought
From Maimonides to Abravanel
Menachem Kellner

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'An important contribution to the history of dogma in Judaism and to the history of fifteenth-century Jewish thought in particular.'
Chava Tirosh-Rothschild, Critical Review

'A work of serious scholarship. It will no doubt become the standard work on the subject for many years to come.'
Jewish Book News & Reviews

'A detailed analysis of Maimonides's position and its aftermath ... a scholarly analysis ... Kellner steers us deftly through the complex argument. His is the most thorough treatment so far of this still relevant chapter in the history of Jewish thought.'
Jonathan Sacks, L'Eylah

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Menachem Kellner is Sir Isaac and Lady Edith Wolfson Professor of Jewish Religious Thought at the University of Haifa. Born in Albany, New York, he studied at Washington University (St Louis), New York University, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Yeshivat Merkaz Harav in Jerusalem. His publications include Must a Jew Believe Anything? (1999) and a translation of Isaac Abravanel's Principles of Faith (Rosh Amanah), both published by the Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, as well as Contemporary Jewish Ethics (1978), The Pursuit of the Ideal: Jewish Writings of Steven Schwarzschild (1990), Maimonides on Human Perfection (1990), Maimonides on Judaism and the Jewish People (1991), Maimonides on the Decline of the Generations and the Nature of Rabbinic Authority (1996), and a translation of Gersonides' Commentary on Song of Songs (1998).

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Awarded the Kaneil Prize in Jewish Studies 1992 by the Municipality of Haifa.

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