The Guide for the Perplexed

The Guide for the Perplexed

The Guide for the Perplexed

The Guide for the Perplexed

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Overview

"The Guide for the Perplexed (Hebrew: Moreh Nevukhim) is one of the major works of Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, better known as Maimonides or "the Rambam". It was written in the 12th century in the form of a three-volume letter to his student, Rabbi Joseph ben Judah of Ceuta, the son of Rabbi Judah, and is the main source of the Rambam's philosophical views...

Mosheh ben Maimon, (Arabic: Musa ibn Maymun), acronymed RaMBaM ("Rabbeinu Mosheh Ben Maimon" � "Our Rabbi/Teacher Moses Son of Maimon"), and latinized Moses Maimonides, was a preeminent medieval Spanish, Sephardic Jewish philosopher, astronomer and one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars and physicians of the Middle Ages." --Wikipedia

This edition features a linked Table of Contents.

CONTENTS
The Life of Maimonides
The Moreh Nebuchim Literature. Analysis of the Guide for the Perplexed

PART I.
Introduction
Dedicatory Letter
The Object of the Guide
On Similes
Directions for the Study of This Work
Introductory Remarks
Chapters I-LXXVI

PART II.
The Author's Introduction. The Twenty-Six Propositions Employed by the Philosophers to Prove the Existence of God
Chapters I-XLVIII

PART III.
The Author's Introduction and Apology for Publishing, Contrary to the Teaching of the Mishnah, an Interpretation of Ezek. I.
Chapters I-LIV

Product Details

BN ID: 2940149660438
Publisher: VolumesOfValue
Publication date: 07/27/2014
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 649 KB
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