Maimonides' "Guide of the Perplexed"

A Philosophical Guide

A classic of medieval Jewish philosophy, Maimonides&;s Guide of the Perplexed is as influential as it is difficult and demanding. Not only does the work contain contrary&;even contradictory&;statements, but Maimonides deliberately wrote in a guarded and dissembling manner in order to convey different meanings to different readers, with the knowledge that many would resist his bold reformulations of God and his relation to mankind. As a result, for all the acclaim the Guide has received, comprehension of it has been unattainable to all but a few in every generation.

• First published
• Mar 08, 2019
• Publishers
• University of Chicago Press