The Guide of the Perplexed, Volume 2 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226502311)

This monument of rabbinical exegesis written at the end of the twelfth century has exerted an immense and continuing influence 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.


Author: Moses Maimonides
ISBN-10: 0226502317
ISBN-13: 9780226502311
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 12/15/1974
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.78lbs
Size: 11.26h x 7.14w x 1.12d