TY - BOOK
T1 - The refutation of the Christian principles
AU - Crescas, Hasdaï
A2 - Lasker, Daniel J
N1 - תרגום של: בטול עיקרי הנוצרים.
Includes indexes.
PY - 1992/7
Y1 - 1992/7
N2 - During the fourteenth century, there was a general demoralization in the Jewish community 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.
AB - During the fourteenth century, there was a general demoralization in the Jewish community 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.
U2 - 10.1353/book10215
DO - 10.1353/book10215
M3 - Book
SN - 9780791409664
SN - 9780791409657
T3 - SUNY series in Jewish philosophy
BT - The refutation of the Christian principles
PB - State University of New York Press
CY - Albany
ER -