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From **The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton** by R Shnayor Burton.
- **Published:** Wed, 21 Feb 2024 19:41:08 GMT
- **Duration:** 01:07:01
- **Audio:** https://anchor.fm/s/fb5467c/podcast/play/83006285/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-1-21%2Ff1d6cc74-30f1-d75c-446e-7517efb27e4c.m4a
- **Page:** https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/shnayor-burton/episodes/S7--E1--The-Guide-of-the-Perplexed--Creation--01-Why-Creation-from-Nothing-is-so-Central-to-Religion-e2g3lcd
- **TorahApp:** https://torahapp.org/share/p/3P_r_shnayor_burton_great_sources/e/af696fdf-02cb-43b3-930d-38422c9e52fe
This shiur was generously sponsored by Mr. Ari Schwartz. This series is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation.
0:00 The Mutakallimun approach to creation and Maimonides' rejection thereof
9:00 The three opinions about how the world follows from God: that of the Torah of Moshe; that of Plato; and that of Aristotle
26:00 The goal of those who follow the Torah of Moshe and Abraham
29:00 The metric to determine what is possible and what is impossible, and how to apply this to creation ex nihilo
35:00 The fundamental difference between a religious person and a philosopher
39:00 Abraham and Moshe and the invention of religion
42:30 The meaning of Abraham's call in the name of "Hashem, God of the world"
51:45 The logic underpinning idolatry
59:00 The connection between idolatry and the eternity of the world
1:02:00 Maimonides as a blend of a religious person and a philosopher
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