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 Professor of Jewish Thought at the University of Haifa. He is the author of Maimonides' Confrontation with Mysticism and Must a Jew Believe Anything? and translator of Isaac Abravanel’s Principles of Faith, all published by the Littman Library of Jewish Civilization. He is also the author of Maimonides on Human Perfection, Maimonides on Judaism and the Jewish People, and Maimonides on the ‘Decline of the Generations’ and the Nature of Rabbinic Authority. His translations of Gersonides’ Commentary on Song of Songs and Maimonides’ Book of Love appeared in the Yale Judaica Series. Professor Kellner’s critical editions of the original texts of Abravanel’s Principles of Faith and of Gersonides’ Commentary on Song of Songs were published in Hebrew.

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

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