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Why Read Maimonides Today?

English · Paperback / Softback

Will be released 31.01.2026

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Maimonides (Moshe/Moses ben Maimon, 1138-1204) was not only the dominant rabbinic and Jewish intellectual figure of the later medieval period, but also one of history's greatest philosophers. As the author of the Mishneh Torah (ca. 1180), a compendium and systematization of the Jewish legal code, he remains an unsurpassed (if not uncontroversial) authority on halakha (Jewish law). His philosophical masterpiece, however, is the Guide of the Perplexed (1185-1190), in which he systematically presents his views on theology, metaphysics, cosmology, natural science, epistemology, Scriptural hermeneutics, law and ethics. This accessible and highly readable book introduces the reader to Maimonides' life and thought, and uses a number of enduring and popular philosophical topics - including the problem of evil, freedom of the will, and the relationship between virtue and happiness - to show that he continues to be interesting and relevant to readers today.

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Introduction; 1. Who was Maimonides?; 2. How to read the bible; 3. Why bad things happen to good people; 4. Judaism within the limits of reason; 5. Why read Maimonides today?; Acknowledgements; Bibliography.

About the author

Steven Nadler is Vilas Research Professor and William H. Hay II Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His many publications include Spinoza: A Life (Cambridge, 1999; second edition, 2018).

Product details

Authors Steven (University of Wisconsin Nadler, Nadler Steven
Publisher Cambridge University Press ELT
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Release 31.01.2026
 
EAN 9781009304733
ISBN 978-1-0-0930473-3
No. of pages 200
Series Why Read Them Today
Subjects Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day

PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, Judaism, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Medieval Western philosophy

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