The Guide of the Perplexed: Complete in One Volume
University of Chicago Press, 1963
Paper: 978-0-226-84259-2 | eISBN: 978-0-226-84260-8
Library of Congress Classification BM545.D33P5 2025
Dewey Decimal Classification 181.06
Paper: 978-0-226-84259-2 | eISBN: 978-0-226-84260-8
Library of Congress Classification BM545.D33P5 2025
Dewey Decimal Classification 181.06
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
The classic translation of this most important medieval Jewish text, presented in one volume for the first time.
The twelfth-century Judeo-Arabic text The Guide of the Perplexed is a monument of rabbinical exegesis and one of the most important works in the history of Jewish thought. Written by Moses ben Maimon,commonly known as Maimonides, the Guide aims to liberate people from the perplexities that arise from an understanding of the Bible based only on its literal meaning.
Shlomo Pines’s translation has served students and scholars for decades, and it is presented here, with Leo Strauss’s influential introduction, in one volume for the first time.
The twelfth-century Judeo-Arabic text The Guide of the Perplexed is a monument of rabbinical exegesis and one of the most important works in the history of Jewish thought. Written by Moses ben Maimon,commonly known as Maimonides, the Guide aims to liberate people from the perplexities that arise from an understanding of the Bible based only on its literal meaning.
Shlomo Pines’s translation has served students and scholars for decades, and it is presented here, with Leo Strauss’s influential introduction, in one volume for the first time.
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