Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed

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Perhaps the greatest medieval Jewish philosopher, Moses Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed is a scholastic attempt to reconcile the “revelation” of the Torah and the “reason” of Aristotelian philosophy.  This class will be devoted to reading the Guide in an attempt to gain insight in the both Maimonides’ perspective and the general issues he raises.

Texts
  • Maimonides, The Guide of the Perplexed
  • Hebrew Bible
TAUGHT: SUMMER 2007