Gersonides on the Problem of Volitional Creation

Gersonides and Maimonides agree that the denial of volitional creation has theologically unacceptable consequences. Both are forced to confront the question, therefore, of how a perfect, simplex, and changeless God can create the world by an act of volition. Maimonides' account of divine attrib...

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Main Author: Ḳelner, Menaḥem 1946- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: College 1980
In: Hebrew Union College annual / Jewish Institute of Religion
Year: 1980, Volume: 51, Pages: 111-128
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Judaism / Middle Ages
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
KAC Church history 500-1500; Middle Ages
TE Middle Ages
Further subjects:B Jewish theology
B Leṿi ben Gershon (1288-1344)
Parallel Edition:Electronic