TY  - BOOK
AU  - Davidson,Herbert A.
TI  - Proofs for eternity, creation, and the existence of God in medieval Islamic and Jewish philosophy
SN  - 0195049535
AV  - B745.G63 D38 1987
U1  - ARCH YNDC 212.1 D252P  19
PY  - 1987///
CY  - New York : 
PB  - Oxford University Press, 
KW  - God (Islam)
KW  - Proof
KW  - History of doctrines
KW  - God (Judaism)
KW  - Philosophy, Medieval
KW  - Islamic philosophy
KW  - Jewish philosophy
KW  - God
KW  - Existence - Philosophical perspectives
N1  - Includes indexes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 414-420)
N2  - "The central debate of natural theology among medieval Muslims and Jews concerned whether or not the world was eternal. Opinions divided sharply on this issue because the outcome bore directly on God's relationship with the world: eternity implies a deity bereft of will, while a world with a beginning leads to the contrasting picture of a deity possessed of will. In this exhaustive study of medieval Islamic and Jewish arguments for eternity, creation, and the existence of God, Herbert Davidson provides a systematic classification of the proofs, analyzes and explains them, and traces their sources in Greek philosophy. Throughout the study, Davidson tries to take into account every argument of a philosophical character, disregarding only those arguments that rest entirely on religious faith or which fall below a minimal level of plausibility". --Publisher description
ER  -