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