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The Guide of the Perplexed, Volume 1

Moses Maimonides author Shlomo Pines translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:The University of Chicago Press

Published:1st Dec '74

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The Guide of the Perplexed, Volume 1 cover

This monument of rabbinical exegesis written at the end of the twelfth century has exerted an immense and continuing influednce upon Jewish thought. Its aim is to liberate people from the tormenting perplexities arising from their understanding of the Bible according only to its literal meaning. This edition contains extensive introductions by Shlomo Pines and Leo Strauss, a leading authority on Maimonides.

ISBN: 9780226502304

Dimensions: 25mm x 21mm x 2mm

Weight: 794g

384 pages