Guide of the Perplexed

Complete in One Volume

AvMoses Maimonides

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-07-09
Mått:191 x 254 x 46 mm
Vikt:1 420 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:768
Förlag:The University of Chicago Press
ISBN:9780226842592
Översättare:Shlomo Pines

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Moses Maimonides (1135–1204) was a preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher, Torah scholar, and physician. He lived in Morocco and Egypt, among other places. Shlomo Pines (1908–1990) was a professor in the Department of Jewish Thought and the Department of Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1952 until his death. Leo Strauss (1899–1973) was the Scott Buchanan Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at St. John’s College.

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"Leo Strauss’s penetrating essay alone would give high value to this volume. . . . On the other hand, without this essay the new translation would make this an important volume which is unlikely to be surpassed for a long time.”

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SponsorsAcknowledgmentPrefaceShlomo Pines and Leo StraussHow to Begin to Study The Guide of the PerplexedLeo StraussTranslator’s IntroductionShlomo PinesThe Guide of the PerplexedPart IPart IIPart IIIGlossaryIndexesBiblical Passages Appearing in the TextRabbinic Passages Appearing in the TextSects, Communities, and Nonbiblical Writers and Writings