{"product_id":"maimonides-on-the-origin-of-the-world-0521697522","title":"Maimonides on the Origin of the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0521697522\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Seeskin, Kenneth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough Maimonides' discussion of creation is one of his greatest contributions - he himself claims that belief in creation is second in importance only to belief in God - there is still considerable debate on what that contribution was. Kenneth Seeskin takes a close look at the problems Maimonides faced and the sources from which he drew. He argues that Maimonides meant exactly what he said: the world was created by a free act of God so that the existence of everything other than God is contingent. In religious terms, existence is a gift. In order to reach this conclusion, Seeskin examines Maimonides' view of God, miracles, the limits of human knowledge, and the claims of astronomy to be a science. Clearly written and closely argued, Maimonides on the Origin of the World takes up questions of perennial interest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51941636407584,"sku":"NEW0521697522","price":54.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/maimonides-on-the-origin-of-the-world-0521697522","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}