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EDITOR: Menachem Kellner is Professor of Jewish Thought at the University of Haifa. He is the author of Dogma in Medieval Jewish Thought, Maimonides' Confrontation with Mysticism and Must a Jew Believe Anything?, all published by the Littman Library of Jewish Civilization. He is also the author of Maimonides on Human Perfection, Maimonides on Judaism and the Jewish People, and Maimonides on the 'Decline of the Generations' and the Nature of Rabbinic Authority. His translations of Gersonides' Commentary on Song of Songs and Maimonides' Book of Love appeared in the Yale Judaica Series. Professor Kellner's critical editions of the original texts of Abravanel's Principles of Faith and of Gersonides' Commentary on Song of Songs were published in Hebrew.
The first complete English translation of Abravanel's classic work, with a comprehensive introduction and notes.
List of tables Note on the text and translation Acknowledgements Introduction Principles of Faith (Rosh Amanah) Abravanel's Table of Contents: A List of the Chapters in This Treatise Table I Table II Notes Bibliography Biblical Passages Appearing in the text Rabbinic Passages Appearing in or Referred to in the text Index