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- 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.
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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.
- דלאלת אלחאירין
- Moses Maimonides
- c. 1190
- Jewish philosophy
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. Overview: Tanach and Midrash use metaphor.
The Guide for the Perplexed, written by Maimonides (Rambam), contains the author’s philosophical views. It is written in the form of a letter to his student, Rabbi Joseph ben Judah of Ceuta. Originally written in Judeo-Arabic, it was later translated to Hebrew (1204).
Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1991. An illuminating study that show how Maimonides understood the similarities and differences between the ethical outlooks of philosophy, religion, and ...
The Guide for the Perplexed, originally written in Arabic, and soon translated into Hebrew and widely read, is his best known work. The framing story is that it is a letter written to one of his students, to prepare him to understand the background of the Merkabah (the Chariot of Ezekiel) narrative. In the course of this, Maimonides delves into ...
15th-century commentary on Maimonides’ Guide for the Perplexed that offers a clear, comprehensive explanation of the text.
Written in Arabic and completed around 1190, the Guide to the Perplexed is among the most powerful and influential living texts in Jewish philosophy, a masterwork navigating the straits between religion and science, logic and revelation.
