The guide for the perplexed by Moses Maimonides
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"The guide for the perplexed" by Moses Maimonides is a work of Jewish theology written between 1185 and 1190. Originally composed in Judeo-Arabic, it attempts to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy with Jewish theology by finding rational explanations for biblical events and passages. Maimonides addresses educated believers troubled by apparent contradictions between philosophical knowledge and religious texts, particularly focusing on biblical anthropomorphism and the nature of God's incorporeality through careful analysis of Hebrew terms
and prophetic figures. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Friedländer, M. (Michael), 1833-1910 |
| Uniform Title | Dalālat al-ḥāʾirīn. English |
| Title | The guide for the perplexed |
| Edition | 2nd edition, revised throughout. |
| Original Publication | London: George Routledge & Sons Limited, 1910. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guide_for_the_Perplexed |
| Credits | Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 61.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | BM: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Judaism |
| Subject | Judaism -- Works to 1900 |
| Subject | Jewish philosophy -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Philosophy, Medieval -- Early works to 1800 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 73584 |
| Release Date | May 9, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 2053 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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