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The guide of the perplexed

Moses Maimonides ; translated with an introduction and notes by Shlomo Pines ; with an introductory essay by Leo Strauss

University of Chicago Press, c1963

  • v. 1: pbk
  • v. 2: pbk

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Dalālat al-ḥāʾirīn

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v. 1: pbk ISBN 9780226502304

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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.
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v. 2: pbk ISBN 9780226502311

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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.

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