Why Did Fourteenth-Century Jews Turn to Alghazali's Account of Natural Science?

The "Maqāṣid al-falāsifah" (Intentions of the Philosophers) by the Sufi theologian Alghazali seems to have been, in Hebrew translation, one of the most popular Hebrew scientific texts in the 14th century. By around 1340, it had been translated into Hebrew three times in the space of half a...

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Main Author: Harvey, Steven (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Penn Press 2001
In: The Jewish quarterly review
Year: 2001, Volume: 91, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 359-376
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