LEADER 03845nam 22005533 450 001 9911046712103321 005 20250703204020.0 010 $a1-5036-3722-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9781503637221 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31273025 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31273025 035 $a(CKB)31425888600041 035 $a(DE-B1597)690854 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781503637221 035 $a(Perlego)4387971 035 $a(OCoLC)1429723056 035 $a(EXLCZ)9931425888600041 100 $a20240413d2024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Guide to the Perplexed $eA New Translation 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aRedwood City :$cStanford University Press,$d2024. 210 4$dİ2024. 215 $a1 online resource (706 pages) 311 08$a1-5036-4591-6 311 08$a0-8047-8738-7 327 $aCover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- I. The Object of the Guide -- II. Maimonides' World -- III. The Story of the Guide -- IV. Translations, Reception, and Commentary -- V. This Translation -- VI. Navigation -- The Guide to the Perplexed -- Part I -- Part II -- Part III -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Index of Topics and Themes -- Index of Scriptural Citations -- Back Cover. 330 $a"Maimonides' Guide to the Perplexed is among the most influential texts within Jewish philosophy: a twelfth-century masterwork that seeks to navigate the straits between religion and philosophy. The Guide was written around 1190 in Classical Arabic by Moses ben Maimon, commonly known as Maimonides or as Rambam, a medieval Sephardic Jewish philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. The Guide to the Perplexed, written as a letter from a teacher to his "perplexed" student, is Maimonides' magnum opus. In this new translation by philosopher Lenn E. Goodman and Jewish historian Phillip I. Lieberman, Maimonides' intimate, conversational voice comes through as never before in English. Written in the form of a three-part letter to Maimonides' student, Rabbi Joseph ben Judah of Ceuta, the Guide seeks to resolve the apparent contractions between Aristotelian thought and Rabbinical Jewish theology. Maimonides is all too cognizant of the challenges serious inquirers face at the confluence of the two great streams of thought and learning that Arabic writers labeled 'aql and naql, reason and tradition. The object of the Guide, as Maimonides declares near the start of the work, is to probe the mysteries of physics and metaphysics. But mysteries, for him, are not conundrums to be celebrated for their impenetrability, but problems to be solved. Maimonides' ideas echo throughout the work of philosophers including Aquinas, Spinoza, Leibniz, and Newton, and the Guide continues to inspire vigorous debate among philosophers and theologians today. Goodman and Lieberman's detailed commentary provides historical context and philosophical scaffolding, allowing readers to more fully understand the complexities of the most significant text in medieval Jewish thought"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aJudaism$vWorks to 1900 606 $aJewish philosophy$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aPhilosophy, Medieval$vEarly works to 1800 615 0$aJudaism 615 0$aJewish philosophy 615 0$aPhilosophy, Medieval 676 $a296.0901 700 $aMaimonides$b Moses$f1135-1204,$0205605 702 $aGoodman$b Lenn Evan$f1944- 702 $aLieberman$b Phillip I., ?d 1970- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911046712103321 996 $aThe Guide to the Perplexed$94468198 997 $aUNINA