RT Article
T1 Gersonides’ Theory of Miracles
JF The journal of Jewish thought & philosophy
VO 23
IS 2
SP 196
OP 235
A1 Klein-Braslavy, Sara
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2015
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1562242997
AB The role of choice in Gersonides’ theory of miracles, as presented in the Wars of the Lord, is discussed. The theory of miracles in Wars vi.2.10 is shown to be another link in his reconciliation of determinism with choice. After a brief review of his ideas about choice, his astral determinism is elucidated. The third part of the essay reviews his treatment of how miracles occur. Gersonides is shown to have established a “conditional miraculous determinism”; his concern for choice is the key to this solution.
K1 Gersonides : Averroes : determinism : choice : miracles : prophetic prognostications : God’s knowledge
DO 10.1163/1477285X-12341264