The Matter and Form of Maimonides' Guide

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Medieval, Religious, Judaism
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Author: Josef Stern ISBN: 9780674075979
Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication: June 1, 2013
Imprint: Harvard University Press Language: English
Author: Josef Stern
ISBN: 9780674075979
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication: June 1, 2013
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Language: English

Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed is generally read as an attempt either to harmonize reason and revelation or to show that they are irreconcilable. Moving beyond these familiar debates, Josef Stern argues that the perplexity addressed in this famously enigmatic work is the tension between human matter and form: the body and intellect.

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Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed is generally read as an attempt either to harmonize reason and revelation or to show that they are irreconcilable. Moving beyond these familiar debates, Josef Stern argues that the perplexity addressed in this famously enigmatic work is the tension between human matter and form: the body and intellect.

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