The Guide of the Perplexed, Volume 2

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
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 12/15/1974
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.78lbs
Size: 11.26h x 7.14w x 1.12d
ISBN13: 9780226502311
ISBN10: 0226502317
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Eastern
- Religion | Judaism | General