The Guide of the Perplexed by Moses Maimonides

The Guide of the Perplexed by Moses Maimonides

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.

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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Title	The Guide of the Perplexed
Author	Moses Maimonides
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The University of Chicago Press
Year published	2025-07-06
Number of pages	768
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