Divine Omniscience and Omnipotence in Medieval Philosophy: Islamic, Jewish and Christian Perspectives

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Divine Omniscience, Omnipotence and Future Contingents: An Overview....Pages 3-22
 Nos Ipsi Principia Sumus : Boethius and the Basis of Contingency....Pages 23-50
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Wrongdoing and Divine Omnipotence in the Theology of Abū Isḥāq An-Naẓẓām....Pages 53-67
Can God do What is Wrong?....Pages 69-79
Divine Omniscience and Future Contingents in Alfarabi and Avicenna....Pages 81-94
Some Reflections on the Problem of Future Contingency in Alfarabi, Avicenna, and Averroes....Pages 95-101
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
The Binding of Isaac: A Test-Case of Divine Foreknowledge....Pages 105-133
Philosophical Exegesis in Historical Perspective: The Case of the Binding of Isaac....Pages 135-142
Providence, Divine Omniscience and Possibility: The Case of Maimonides....Pages 143-159
Divine Omniscience, Contingency and Prophecy in Gersonides....Pages 161-181
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
Divine Omnipotence in the Early Sentences ....Pages 185-211
Divine Knowledge, Divine Power and Human Freedom in Thomas Aquinas and Henry of Ghent....Pages 213-241
The Dialectic of Omnipotence in the High and Late Middle Ages....Pages 243-269
Back Matter....Pages 271-302