The Cambridge Companion to Maimonides (Hardcover)

One aim of this series is to dispel the intimidation readers feel when faced with the work of difficult and challenging thinkers. Moses ben Maimon, also known as Maimonides (1138-1204), represents the high point of Jewish rationalism in the middle ages. He played a pivotal role in the transition of philosophy from the Islamic East to the Christian West. His greatest philosophical work, The Guide of the Perplexed, had a decisive impact on all subsequent Jewish thought and is still the subject of intense scholarly debate. An enigmatic figure, Maimonides continues to defy simple attempts at classification. The twelve essays in this volume offer a lucid and comprehensive treatment of his life and thought. They cover the sources on which Maimonides drew, his contributions to philosophy, theology, jurisprudence, and Bible commentary, as well as his esoteric writing style and influence on later thinkers.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
Release date:	September 2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	Kenneth Seeskin
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	424
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-81974-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Non-Western philosophy > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General Books > Philosophy > Non-Western philosophy > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Judaism > General
LSN:	0-521-81974-1
Barcode:	9780521819749

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