The Guide of the Perplexed, Vol. 1

Moses Maimonides; Pines, Shlomo; Leo Strauss

ISBN 10: 0226502309 / ISBN 13: 9780226502304

Published by University of Chicago Press, 1974

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Guide of the Perplexed, Vol. 1
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226502309
• ISBN 13: 9780226502304
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

This monument of rabbinical exegesis written at the end of the twelfth century has exerted an immense and continuing influence 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.

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This monument of rabbinical exegesis, written at the end of twelfth century, has exerted an immense and continuing influence upon Jewish thought. It has also been a formative element in the thinking of leading Christian writers and philosophers down through the seventeenth century. The Guide is not a philosophical treatise. Rather, its aim is to liberate men from the tormenting perplexities arising from their understanding of the Bible according only to its literal meaning. This celebrated translation is now available in a two-volume Phoenix paperback edition.