Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed: A Critical Guide

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Daniel Frank (Purdue University, Indiana) Aaron Segal (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed

A Critical Guide

Daniel Frank (Purdue University, Indiana), Aaron Segal (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

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English

Cambridge University Press
01 July 2021

Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Ethics & moral philosophy; Social & political philosophy; Judaism: theology

Series: Cambridge Critical Guides

Moses Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed (c. 1190) is the greatest and most influential text in the history of Jewish philosophy. Controversial in its day, the Guide directly influenced Aquinas, Spinoza, and Leibniz, and the history of Jewish philosophy took a decisive turn after its appearance. While there continues to be keen interest in Maimonides and his philosophy, this is the first scholarly collection in English devoted specifically to the Guide. It includes contributions from an international team of scholars addressing the most important philosophical themes that range over the three parts of this sprawling work - including topics in the philosophy of language, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of law, ethics, and political philosophy. There are also essays on the Guide's hermeneutic puzzles, and on its overall structure and philosophical trajectory. The volume will be of interest to philosophers, Judaists, theologians, and medievalists.

Edited by: Daniel Frank (Purdue University Indiana), Aaron Segal (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 285mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 620g
ISBN: 9781108480512
ISBN 10: 1108480519
Series: Cambridge Critical Guides
Pages: 300
Publication Date: 01 July 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Daniel Frank and Aaron Segal; Part I. Form: 1. The structure and purpose of the guide Daniel Frank; 2. The guide as biblical commentary Igor de Souza; Part II. Human beginnings: 3. Paradise and the fall Shira Weiss; 4. Maimonides on the nature of good and evil Daniel Rynhold; Part III. The creator: 5. The scope of metaphysics Daniel Davies and Charles H. Manekin; 6. His existence is essentiality: maimonides as metaphysician Aaron Segal; 7. 'Whereof one cannot speak' Silvia Jonas; Part IV. The created: 8. Creation and miracles in the guide T. M. Rudavsky; 9. The prophetic method Dani Rabinowitz; 10. Maimonides' modalities Josef Stern; Part V. Human finitude: 11. Maimonides' critique of anthropocentrism and teleology Warren Zev Harvey; 12. Maimonides and the problem(s) of evil David Shatz; Part VI. Human ends: 13. The nature and purpose of divine law Moshe Halbertal; 14. Maimonides on human perfection and the love of god Steven Nadler; Bibliography.

Daniel Frank is Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University. His publications include The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Jewish Philosophy (with Oliver Leaman, Cambridge, 2003), and Spinoza on Politics (with Jason Waller, 2016). Aaron Segal is Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is co-editor of Jewish Philosophy Past and Present: Contemporary Responses to Classical Sources (with Daniel Frank, 2017), and Jewish Philosophy in an Analytic Age (with Samuel Lebens and Dani Rabinowitz, 2019).