{"product_id":"maimonides-on-the-origin-of-kenneth-seeskin-9780521845533","title":"Maimonides on the Origin of the World","description":"Although 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth Seeskin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 052184553X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521845533\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.25h x 9.27w x 0.72d","brand":"Kenneth Seeskin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44212974813439,"sku":"9780521845533","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_987a7d4f-5436-4bdd-bad5-031f470d0d7a.jpg?v=1692111341","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/maimonides-on-the-origin-of-kenneth-seeskin-9780521845533","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}