Jewish and Islamic Philosophy: Crosspollinations in the Classical Age

Lenn E Goodman is Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.

This is an excellent work of philosophical scholarship. It is written with warmth and informed by a wide and sympathetic knowledge of texts, ancient, mediaeval, and modern ! this is a work of clear vision and deep learning. Lenn Goodman is well-known as an intelligent and elegant commentator on Jewish and Islamic philosophy, and this collection of essays will not disappoint the reader ... they fit together very well, and Goodman provides a new and useful introduction to them...the particular theses which Goodman presents are highly plausible and well argued, and he throws up in often original ways connections between thinkers who are not normally connected, and a lot can be learnt from such an exercise. Anyone who is interested in the areas of Jewish and Islamic thought, and indeed classical Greek thought, will find much of interest in this book. A nicely-produced and well-edited volume of stimulating papers ... While newcomers to the field will find much that is of interest, specialists will be compelled to reconsider and re-articulate their own opinions, especially in response to the author's numerous passing claims, suggestion, and intimations. This is an excellent work of philosophical scholarship. It is written with warmth and informed by a wide and sympathetic knowledge of texts, ancient, mediaeval, and modern ! this is a work of clear vision and deep learning. Lenn Goodman is well-known as an intelligent and elegant commentator on Jewish and Islamic philosophy, and this collection of essays will not disappoint the reader ... they fit together very well, and Goodman provides a new and useful introduction to them...the particular theses which Goodman presents are highly plausible and well argued, and he throws up in often original ways connections between thinkers who are not normally connected, and a lot can be learnt from such an exercise. Anyone who is interested in the areas of Jewish and Islamic thought, and indeed classical Greek thought, will find much of interest in this book. A nicely-produced and well-edited volume of stimulating papers ... While newcomers to the field will find much that is of interest, specialists will be compelled to reconsider and re-articulate their own opinions, especially in response to the author's numerous passing claims, suggestion, and intimations.