2 The Concept of emunah 3 Conclusion2 The Theory of Prophecy: Naturalism or Supernaturalism? 1 Prophets and Miracles 2 Prophets and Separate Intellects: Two Fundamental Claims 3 Non-empirical Source(s) of Knowledge 4 Prophets and the Divine Capacity 5 The Imaginative Faculty: A Missing Piece of the Puzzle 6 Conclusion3 Law, Society, and Happiness 1 The moreh tzedeq : A Political Leader or a Prophet? 2 Torah and Divine Will 3 Torah and Happiness 4 Conclusion Part2 Questions in Celestial Physics and Metaphysics 4 The Conception of God 1 Proofs of God's Existence: Methods and Implications 2 The Prime Mover and the Deity 3 Divine Knowledge 4 Divine Will 5 Conclusion5 Creation, Eternal Creation, or Eternity? 1 Arguments for the Eternity of the World 2 The Doctrine of Eternal Creation 3 Divine Causation and Celestial Motion 4 Divine Knowledge and Coming to Be 5 The Metaphor of the River: Existence in the Sublunary World 6 Conclusion Conclusion Bibliography Index.
Truth, Philosophers, and Prophets: a Critical Study of Isaac Albalag's Sefer Tiqqun Ha-Deʿot : A Critical Study of Isaac Albalag's Sefer Tiqqun Ha-Deʿot