The problematic relationship between the divine and the freedom of the will Jewish philosophy in the Middle Ages

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Department of Hebrew Language and Literature

Abstract

The issue of divine providence of the most complex and difficult religious issues , not only in Jewish religious thought , but in the other monotheistic religions , and even in non - monotheistic religions .
The issue of divine providence thorny issue related to issues of religious and philosophical very privacy may not be a lack of faith or denied, such as the issue of "free will", which enters into the scope of the concepts of multiple religious, such as acts of God, algebra and choice, and the reach, and divine science, and the issue of divine justice _ as called philosophers Muslims, Saadaa, Jan, or reward and punishment as the so - called most Jews philosophers.
Although we we fail title search on "problematic relationship between divine providence and free will," but that it must necessarily _ through _ research that we address to the above-mentioned subjects because they are linked to each other . For this we can determine the purpose of this study in the following points :
- The issue of divine reward and punishment of the constants of the Jewish faith, has put forward in the Old Testament and the Talmud, while the divine science and freedom will not Iega in the books of Jewish law, and was confined addressed by philosophers Jews only, and even become issues of philosophical purely, and therefore issues introduced in Jewish thought in general, and at the same time he fell Jewish philosophers in the religious complex problem is "divine providence", what is the position of the philosophers of these issues?, and what is the truth and what is the reality of care will?, and whether free will incompatible with divine providence whether or not there is a conflict between them?, and what how discussed by philosophers such topics as: the actor 's real presence and the engine him?, is it divine or human will?, do for a person to choose the path of his life and determined by the mother that the Lord as his fate?, and if things were all ability than ever before, how accountable God's rights?, do the whole philosophers Jews on one opinion on these issues of religious and philosophical?, you signed, including a dispute or conflict?, and if there is a dispute, what causes?, it causes the adoption of each trend a certain influence Islamic or Greek?, and try to merge between them and what is stated in the Jewish religion , or the Jewish religion is the source, who drew him philosophers Jewish ideas in this regard, but each had his style in the understanding of the text, and a different way , you can put the question on the as follows:
Are you influenced by Greek philosophy Jewish philosophers and Islamic - and which discussed this topic on a wide range of philosophical and religious perspective _ or is it as ideological issues dealt with purely Jewish treatment, based on what was in the books of religion and Jewish law.
_ The issue of divine providence and free will of the important issues that have never dealt with before in Jewish thought in general and Jewish philosophy in particular, and on this basis has divided the search to the front and two axes:
- The first axis: Divine Providence in the books of Jewish law (2), and discuss it:
A - Divine Providence in the Old Testament - Divine Providence in the Talmud
The second axis: the relationship between the divine providence and free will in Jewish philosophy in the Middle Ages