Maimonides and the book that changed Judaism : secrets of the Guide for the perplexed

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Maimonides and the book that changed Judaism : secrets of the Guide for the perplexed

Micah Goodman

Jewish Publication Society, c2015

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Includes index

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With his characteristic skill and insight, Micah Goodman guides us through the beauty of Jewish philosophy, uplifting us from perplexity to enlightenment.-Shimon Peres, former president of the State of Israel A publishing sensation long at the top of the best-seller lists in Israel, the original Hebrew edition of Maimonides and the Book That Changed Judaism has been called the most successful book ever published in Israel on the preeminent medieval Jewish thinker Moses Maimonides. The works of Maimonides, particularly The Guide for the Perplexed, are reckoned among the fundamental texts that influenced all subsequent Jewish philosophy and also proved to be highly influential in Christian and Islamic thought. Spanning subjects ranging from God, prophecy, miracles, revelation, and evil, to politics, messianism, reason in religion, and the therapeutic role of doubt, Maimonides and the Book That Changed Judaism elucidates the complex ideas of The Guide in remarkably clear and engaging prose. Drawing on his own experience as a central figure in the current Israeli renaissance of Jewish culture and spirituality, Micah Goodman brings Maimonides's masterwork into dialogue with the intellectual and spiritual worlds of twenty-first-century readers. Goodman contends that in Maimonides's view, the Torah's purpose is not to bring clarity about God but rather to make us realize that we do not understand God at all; not to resolve inscrutable religious issues but to give us insight into the true nature and purpose of our lives.

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Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1. God 1. The God of Maimonides 2. Prophecy 3. Providence 4. Redemption 5. From Negative Theology to Empowering Humanity Conclusion: The New Religious Hero Part 2. Torah 6. Is the Torah Divine? 7. Reasons for the Commandments 8. Man and the Torah 9. The Universality of the Torah Conclusion: Rising to the Level of Understanding Part 3. Perplexity 10. Contradictions 11. The Creation of the World 12. Perplexity and God 13. The Role of Doubt 14. Halakhah and Dogmatism 15. The Crisis of Reason 16. The Crisis of Tradition 17. From Perplexity to Mysticism and Politics 18. Therapeutic Perplexity Conclusion: The Purpose of Life Notes Index

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