Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed
Maimonides' <I>Guide of the Perplexed</I>
Moses Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed (c. 1190) is the greatest and most influential text in the history of Jewish philosophy. Controversial in its day, the Guide directly influenced Aquinas, Spinoza, and Leibniz, and the history of Jewish philosophy took a decisive turn after its appearance. While there continues to be keen interest in Maimonides and his philosophy, this is the first scholarly collection in English devoted specifically to the Guide. It includes contributions from an international team of scholars addressing the most important philosophical themes that range over the three parts of this sprawling work - including topics in the philosophy of language, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of law, ethics, and political philosophy. There are also essays on the Guide's hermeneutic puzzles, and on its overall structure and philosophical trajectory. The volume will be of interest to philosophers, Judaists, theologians, and medievalists.
- The first scholarly collection in English on the most important text in Jewish philosophy
- Presents the latest in Maimonidean scholarship, from a group of international scholars
- Explains and analyses the entire work in an accessible but rigorous manner
Product details
No date availablePaperback
9781108727600
326 pages
229 × 152 × 18 mm
0.476kg
Table of Contents
- Introduction Daniel Frank and Aaron Segal
- Part I. Form:
- 1. The structure and purpose of the guide Daniel Frank
- 2. The guide as biblical commentary Igor de Souza
- Part II. Human beginnings:
- 3. Paradise and the fall Shira Weiss
- 4. Maimonides on the nature of good and evil Daniel Rynhold
- Part III. The creator:
- 5. The scope of metaphysics Daniel Davies and Charles H. Manekin
- 6. His existence is essentiality: maimonides as metaphysician Aaron Segal
- 7. 'Whereof one cannot speak' Silvia Jonas
- Part IV. The created:
- 8. Creation and miracles in the guide T. M. Rudavsky
- 9. The prophetic method Dani Rabinowitz
- 10. Maimonides' modalities Josef Stern
- Part V. Human finitude:
- 11. Maimonides' critique of anthropocentrism and teleology Warren Zev Harvey
- 12. Maimonides and the problem(s) of evil David Shatz
- Part VI. Human ends:
- 13. The nature and purpose of divine law Moshe Halbertal
- 14. Maimonides on human perfection and the love of god Steven Nadler
- Bibliography.
