title: Logic of theological debate in the Book of Job: Criticism of Maimonides’ interpretation in the Jewish biblical exegesis in the 14th century
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metadata.value: Gershowitz, Uri
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metadata.value: 2020-05-07T12:28:52Z
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metadata.value: 2020-05-07T12:28:52Z
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metadata.value: 2020-03
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metadata.value: Gershowitz U. Logic of theological debate in the Book of Job: Criticism of Maimonides’ interpretation in the Jewish biblical exegesis in the 14th century. Issues of Theology, 2020, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 75–93.
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metadata.value: http://doi.org/10.21638/spbu28.2020.105
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/17556
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metadata.value: The article discusses the critical understanding of Maimonides’ interpretation of the
  Book of Job, representing a theological debate on Divine Providence. Maimonides
  ascribes certain assessments on this issue to Job and his friends, linking their opinions
  to some theological or philosophical schools of the 10th–12th centuries, developed
  in the context of Arabic culture. A number of Jewish exegetes, who were
  working in a diverse cultural context and were writing in Hebrew, such as Joseph
  Ibn Kaspi and Gersonides, considered this distribution of opinions an anachronism.
  Being Maimonidean followers, they nevertheless criticized the distribution of
  opinions between Job and his friends proposed in The Guide of the Perplexed. The
  main argument of this criticism was logic. We will discuss the origins of such an approach
  and analyze some nuances of logical solutions, suggested by Maimonidean
  followers, juxtaposing them with a range of problems touched upon in The Guide of
  the Perplexed in regards to the Book of Job. It will be stressed among others, that the
  interpretation of Gersonides, coming from his statement on the logical completeness
  of the solution of the question of Divine Providence in the Book of Job, can be
  justified by the means of modern formal logic.
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metadata.value: The reported study was funded by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research according
  to the research project No. 18-00-00628 (18-00-00727 (K)).
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Issues of Theology;Volume 2; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: The Book of Job
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Divine Providence
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: exegesis
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Maimonides
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metadata.value: The Guide of the Perplexed
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metadata.value: Joseph Ibn Kaspi
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Gersonides
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: logic
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Logic of theological debate in the Book of Job: Criticism of Maimonides’ interpretation in the Jewish biblical exegesis in the 14th century
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metadata.value: Article
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