The Guide of the Perplexed
Complete in One Volume
Published on 9. July 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
768 pages
978-0-226-84259-2 (ISBN)
Description
The classic translation of this most important medieval Jewish text, presented in one volume for the first time.
The twelfth-century Judeo-Arabic text The Guide of the Perplexed is a monument of rabbinical exegesis and one of the most important works in the history of Jewish thought. Written by Moses ben Maimon,commonly known as Maimonides, the Guide aims to liberate people from the perplexities that arise from an understanding of the Bible based only on its literal meaning.
Shlomo Pines's translation has served students and scholars for decades, and it is presented here, with Leo Strauss's influential introduction, in one volume for the first time.
The twelfth-century Judeo-Arabic text The Guide of the Perplexed is a monument of rabbinical exegesis and one of the most important works in the history of Jewish thought. Written by Moses ben Maimon,commonly known as Maimonides, the Guide aims to liberate people from the perplexities that arise from an understanding of the Bible based only on its literal meaning.
Shlomo Pines's translation has served students and scholars for decades, and it is presented here, with Leo Strauss's influential introduction, in one volume for the first time.
Reviews / Votes
"Leo Strauss's penetrating essay alone would give high value to this volume. . . . On the other hand, without this essay the new translation would make this an important volume which is unlikely to be surpassed for a long time." * Times Literary Supplement * "This work by Pines and Strauss must be recognized as one of the most important contributions to the study of Maimonides in the present century. The translation is of a quality unequalled in a modern language." * Journal of the History of Philosophy * "Competent reviewers have without exception praised this translation. . . . As a whole, the book is simply indispensable." * Modern Schoolman *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 253 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 42 mm
Weight
1442 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-84259-2 (9780226842592)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Moses Maimonides (1135-1204) was a preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher, Torah scholar, and physician. He lived in Morocco and Egypt, among other places. Shlomo Pines (1908-1990) was a professor in the Department of Jewish Thought and the Department of Philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1952 until his death. Leo Strauss (1899-1973) was the Scott Buchanan Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at St. John's College.
Content
Sponsors
Acknowledgment
Preface
Shlomo Pines and Leo Strauss
How to Begin to Study The Guide of the Perplexed
Leo Strauss
Translator's Introduction
Shlomo Pines
The Guide of the Perplexed
Part I
Part II
Part III
Glossary
Indexes
Biblical Passages Appearing in the Text
Rabbinic Passages Appearing in the Text
Sects, Communities, and Nonbiblical Writers and Writings
Acknowledgment
Preface
Shlomo Pines and Leo Strauss
How to Begin to Study The Guide of the Perplexed
Leo Strauss
Translator's Introduction
Shlomo Pines
The Guide of the Perplexed
Part I
Part II
Part III
Glossary
Indexes
Biblical Passages Appearing in the Text
Rabbinic Passages Appearing in the Text
Sects, Communities, and Nonbiblical Writers and Writings