The guide for the perplexed : Moses Maimonides

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The guide for the perplexed : Moses Maimonides

by Leon Roth

(Routledge library editions, . Islam ; v. 7)

Routledge, 2008

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Reprint. Originally published: London: Hutchinson's Univ. Library, 1948

Includes bibliographical references and index

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: set ISBN 9780415426008

Description

This is a multi-volume collection by leading authors in Islamic Studies. The volumes were originally published between 1867 and 1987. The collection reprints texts carefully selected on the basis of their influence and prestige, written by pre-eminent scholars of Islamic history, philosophy and religion. The majority of the volumes reprint the original, first editions, but where appropriate, updated, enlarged editions are sometimes selected.

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ISBN 9780415444873

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Originally published in 1948. Moses Maimonides was one of the most powerful philosophers of the Middle Ages. The philosophical basis which he elaborated for Judaism had a profound influence on mediaeval Christian thinkers. This volume describes the full background of Maimonides's thinking in its twelfth-century historical and religious context.

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1. The Man and his Work 2. The Guide 3. Maimonides' Place in History

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