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Dive deep into Moses Maimonides' The Guide of the Perplexed with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion
The Guide for the Perplexed was originally written sometime between 1185 and 1190 by Maimonides in Classical Arabic using the Hebrew alphabet. It was first translated in 1204 into Hebrew by a contemporary of Maimonides, Samuel ibn Tibbon. [4] The work is divided into three parts.
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Summary of the Guide for the Perplexed. By xvi Kaizen. This sheet summarizes the main points of the Guide for the Perplexed. First, we have a list of points that the Rambam makes. Then, I'll show the sources in the second part. The third part is a discussion of some topics. This sheet can also be found as a google-doc here.
Originally written in Judeo-Arabic, it was later translated to Hebrew (1204). The Guide includes Rambam’s objection to anthropomorphism, an explanation of the Biblical account of creation, and a description of the Merkavah. Read the text of Guide for the Perplexed online with commentaries and connections.
ANALYSIS OF THE GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED. IT is the object of this work "to afford a guide for the perplexed," i.e. "to thinkers whose studies have brought them into collision with religion" ( p. 9 ), "who have studied philosophy and have acquired sound knowledge, and who, while firm in religions matters, are perplexed and bewildered on account ...
This task he accomplished in his Dalalat al hairin, "The Guide for the Perplexed," of which an analysis will be given below. It was composed in Arabic, and written in Hebrew characters.
The plan was published, 1833, in Reflexions sur le culte des anciens Hèbreux (La Bible, par S. Cahen, vol. iv.), with a specimen of two chapters of the Third Part. The text adopted has been selected from the several MSS. at his disposal with great care and judgment.
