Perspectives on Maimonides

Joel L. Kraemer is a former Professor of Jewish Studies and of Social Thought, University of Chicago.

‘[The articles] remain very instructive both in terms of their contents and methodology. Indeed, they introduce many basic issues in Maimonides’ philosophy and law . . . an indispensable tool for the study of Maimonides, for it sets forth not only contents and analysis, but also methods of inquiry.’ - Binyamin Abrahamov, Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam

• AbbreviationsContributorsIntroduction - JOEL L. KRAEMERPart I  Philosophy: Ethics, Politics, Metaphysics1The Ethical Views of Maimonides within the context of Islamicate Civilization - LAWRENCE V. BERMAN2Maimonides’ Governance of the Solitary - RALPH LERNER3Maimonides in the Sultan's Palace - STEVEN HARVEY4Maimonides on the Philosophic Sciences in his Treatise on the Art of Logic - JOEL L. KRAEMER5Why Maimonides was not a Mutakallim - WARREN ZEV HARVEY6Neoplatonic Currents in Maimonides' Thought - ALFRED L. IVRY7Maimonides’ Quest beyond Philosophy and Prophecy - ITHAMAR GRUENWALD8The 'True Perplexity': The Guide of the Perplexed, Part II, Chapter 24 - TZVI LANGERMANN9Maimonides on Religious Language - ARTHUR HYMANPart II Jewish Law10Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed on Forbidden Food in the light of his own Medical Opinion - JACOB LEVINGER11Holy War in Maimonidean Law - GERALD J. BLIDSTEIN12‘To the Utmost of Human Capacity’: Maimonides on the Days of the Messiah - AVIEZER RAVITZKY13Maimonides on Eretz Yisrael: Halakhic, Philosophic, and Historical Perspectives - ISADORE TWERSKYPart III History14‘At Our Place in al-Andalus’, ‘At Our Place in the Maghreb’ - JOSHUA BLAU15The Early Decades of Ayyubid Rule - JOSEPH DRORY16Saladin’s Egypt and Maimonides - ANDREW S. EHRENKREUTZ17Saladin’s Religious Personality, Policy, and Image - MICHAEL WINTERIndex