The Refutation of the Christian Principles
written by Hasdai Crescas, 1340-1411, in Library of Jewish Philosophy, Vol. 5 (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1992, originally published 1992), 168 page(s)
Details
- Abstract / Summary
- During the fourteenth century, there was a general demoralization in the Jewish commmunity in Spain. Many Jews were on the brink of conversion. Rabbi Crescas met the Christian challenge by writing this pithy book refuting the principles of the Christian religion. He argued that the basic Christian doctrines, namely, original sin, salvation, trinity, incarnation, virgin birth, transubstantiation, baptism, the messiah, a new covenant, and demons, contradict human reason, thereby calling into question Christianity's claim to be a true religion. The Refutation is an important document of the medieval Jewish-Christian debate and is also especially important for the history of Jewish philosophy in general.
- Field of Interest
- Religion & Thought
- Author
- Hasdai Crescas, 1340-1411
- Copyright Message
- Copyright © 1992 SUNY Press
- Content Type
- General reference book
- Duration
- 0 sec
- Format
- Text
- Original Publication Date
- 1992
- Page Count
- 168
- Publication Year
- 1992
- Publisher
- State University of New York Press
- Place Published / Released
- Albany, NY
- Series Number
- Vol. 5
- Subject
- Religion & Thought, Social Sciences, Reincarnation, Belief Systems, Philosophy, التقمص, Réincarnation, Reinkarnation, גִלגוּל נְשָׁמוֹת, Reencarnación, Reinacarnação, Systèmes de croyances, النظم العقائدية, Glaubenssysteme, מערכות אמונה, Sistema de Creencias, Sistema de Crenças, الفلسفة, Philosophie, Falsafa, פִילוֹסוֹפִיָה, Filosofía, Filosofia, España, Espanha, Spain, Christian, Jewish, Antisemitism, Jews, Attitudes toward, Prophecy & Prophets, Christianity, Original Sin, Satan & Demons, Baptism, Kingly Office & Messiahship, Doctrine of the Trinity, Incarnation, Torah
- Translator
- Daniel J. Lasker, 1949-
- Series / Program
- Library of Jewish Philosophy
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- التقمص, Réincarnation, Reinkarnation, גִלגוּל נְשָׁמוֹת, Reencarnación, Reinacarnação, Systèmes de croyances, النظم العقائدية, Glaubenssysteme, מערכות אמונה, Sistema de Creencias, Sistema de Crenças, الفلسفة, Philosophie, Falsafa, פִילוֹסוֹפִיָה, Filosofía, Filosofia, España, Espanha
