The Guide of the Perplexed, Volume 1 by Moses Maimonides

The Guide of the Perplexed, Volume 1 by Moses Maimonides

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The Guide of the Perplexed, Volume 1 by Moses Maimonides

This monument of rabbinical exegesis written at the end of the twelfth century has exerted an immense and continuing influednce upon Jewish thought. Its aim is to liberate people from the tormenting perplexities arising from their understanding of the Bible according only to its literal meaning. This edition contains extensive introductions by Shlomo Pines and Leo Strauss, a leading authority on Maimonides.
Gerrit Bos is chair of the Martin Buber Institute for Jewish Studies at the University of Cologne, Germany.
Michael R. McVaugh is the William Smith Wells Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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ISBN 13 9780226502304
ISBN 10 0226502309
Title The Guide of the Perplexed, Volume 1
Author Moses Maimonides
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher The University of Chicago Press
Year published 1974-12-15
Number of pages 384
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