THE LEGEND OF THE MIDDLE AGES - PHILOSOPHICALEXPLORATIONS OF MEDIEVAL CHRISTIANITY, JUDAISM,AND ISLAM

Rémi Brague author Lydia G Cochrane translator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:The University of Chicago Press

Published:19th May '09

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THE LEGEND OF THE MIDDLE AGES - PHILOSOPHICALEXPLORATIONS OF MEDIEVAL CHRISTIANITY, JUDAISM,AND ISLAM cover

Through a penetrating interview and sixteen essays, this volume explores key intersections of medieval religion and philosophy. With characteristic erudition and insight, Remi Brague focuses less on individual Christian, Jewish, and Muslim thinkers than on their relationships with one another. Their disparate philosophical worlds, Brague shows, were grounded in different models of revelation that engendered divergent interpretations of the ancient Greek sources they held in common. So, despite striking similarities in their solutions to the philosophical problems they all faced, intellectuals in each theological tradition often viewed the others' ideas with skepticism, if not disdain. Brague's portrayal of this misunderstood age brings to life not only its philosophical and theological nuances, but also its true lessons for our own time.

"This truly is an informative, engaging, and very readable book that will be very useful to anyone with an intellectual interest in things medieval." (Choice) "Highly recommended to scholars of the Middle Ages as well as those in philosophy and religion more generally. They will all be enlightened by careful reading of this book." (Library Journal)"

ISBN: 9780226070803

Dimensions: 24mm x 16mm x 2mm

Weight: 595g

304 pages