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Why Read Maimonides Today?

Why Read Maimonides Today?

Nadler, Steven

Hardcover

Series: Why Read Them Today

Philosophy

ISBN10: 100930478X
ISBN13: 9781009304788
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Feb 26 2026
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.38 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Maimonides (Moshe/Moses ben Maimon, 1138-1204) was not only the dominant rabbinic and Jewish intellectual figure of the later medieval period, but also one of history's greatest philosophers. As the author of the Mishneh Torah (ca. 1180), a compendium and systematization of the Jewish legal code, he remains an unsurpassed (if not uncontroversial) authority on halakha (Jewish law). His philosophical masterpiece, however, is the Guide of the Perplexed (1185-1190), in which he systematically presents his views on theology, metaphysics, cosmology, natural science, epistemology, Scriptural hermeneutics, law and ethics. This accessible and highly readable book introduces the reader to Maimonides' life and thought, and uses a number of enduring and popular philosophical topics - including the problem of evil, freedom of the will, and the relationship between virtue and happiness - to show that he continues to be interesting and relevant to readers today.

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