{"product_id":"maimonides-on-the-origin-of-the-world-9780521697521","title":"Maimonides on the Origin of the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Kenneth Seeskin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Judaism - General\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":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47612965126295,"sku":"9780521697521","price":4722.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780521697521.webp?v=1775081610","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/maimonides-on-the-origin-of-the-world-9780521697521","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}