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The Guide for the Perplexed

by Moses Maimonides

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icm | Oct 3, 2008 |

Wow! If I could give more stars to this book, I would. Moreh Nevuchim helps to dispel common misconceptions people have over passages in the Torah/Bible. Ultimately, the goal of Rambam, is to help the reader achieve a level where they can have a true knowledge of Hashem, and to dispel of preconceived ideas of Hashem which ultimately lead to avodah zara. The english in this version of the book is a bit archaic, so you might to read Shlomo Pines version, which I plan to do next. (

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meg.est | Apr 30, 2007 |

a classic text

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c. 1190 [1190] (Arabic original)

1881 (English ∙ Friedländer)

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Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. - Isaiah 26:2

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Some have been of opinion that by the Hebrew Zelem, the shape and figure of a thing is to be understood, and this explanation led men to believe in the corporeality [of the Divine Being]: for they thought that the words "Let us make man in our Zelem" (Gen. i. 26), implied that God had the form of a human being, i.e., that He had figure and shape, and that, consequently, He was corporeal.

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Great classic of medieval Judaism, major attempt to reconcile revealed religion

— Pentateuch, commentaries — and Aristotelian philosophy. Enormously important in all Western thought. Includes Life of Maimonides, analysis of The Guide, indexes of quotations from Scripture, Talmud. Unabridged Friedlander translation. 50-page introduction. "...a great influence on Jewish and Christian scholasticism." — Jewish Civic Press.

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