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’ Maimonides Guide of the Perplexed Moses Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed (c. ) is the greatest and most influential text in the history of Jewish philosophy. Controversial in its day, the Guide directly influenced Aquinas, Spinoza, and Leibniz, and the history of Jewish philosophy took a decisive turn after its appearance. While there continues to be keen interest in Maimonides and his philos- ophy, thisis the first scholarlycollection in English devotedspecifically to theGuide.Itincludescontributionsfromaninternationalteamofscholars addressing the most important philosophical themes that range over the three parts of this sprawling work – including topics in the philosophy of language, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of law, ethics, and polit- ical philosophy. There are also essays on the Guide’s hermeneutic puzzles, and on its overall structure and philosophical trajectory. The volume will be of interest to philosophers, Judaists, theologians, and medievalists. daniel frank is Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University. His publications include The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Jewish Philosophy (with Oliver Leaman, Cambridge, ), and Spinoza on Politics (with Jason Waller, ). aaron segal is Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is co-editor of Jewish Philosophy Past and Present: Contemporary Responses to Classical Sources (with Daniel Frank, ), and Jewish Philosophy in an Analytic Age (with Samuel Lebens and Dani Rabinowitz, ). cambridge critical guides Titles Published in this series: Hume’s An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals editedbyesther engelskroeker andwillem lemmens Hobbes’s On the Citizen edited by robin douglass and ohan olsthoorn Hegel’s Philosophy of Spirit edited by marina f. bykova Kant’s Lectures on Metaphysics edited by courtney d. fugate Spinoza’s Political Treatise edited by yitzhak y. melamed and hasana sharp Aquinas’s Summa Theologiae edited by jeffrey hause Aristotle’s Generation of Animals edited by andrea falcon and david lefebvre Hegel’s Elements of the Philosophy of Right edited by david james Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason edited by james r. o'shea Spinoza’s Ethics edited by yitzhak y. melamed Plato’s Symposium edited by pierre destre´e and zina giannopoulou Fichte’s Foundations of Natural Right edited by gabriel gottlieb Aquinas’s Disputed Questions on Evil edited by m. v. dougherty (Continued after the Index) ’ MAIMONIDES Guide of the Perplexed A Critical Guide daniel frank PurdueUniversity aaron segal HebrewUniversityofJerusalem UniversityPrintingHouse,Cambridgecbbs,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,thFloor,NewYork,ny ,USA WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,vic ,Australia –,rdFloor,Plot,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre, NewDelhi–,India AnsonRoad,#–/,Singapore CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. 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Contents List of Contributors page vii Introduction daniel frank and aaron segal part i form The Structure and Purpose of the Guide daniel frank The Guide as Biblical Commentary igor h. de souza part ii human beginnings Paradise and the Fall shira weiss Maimonides on the Nature of Good and Evil daniel rynhold part iii the creator The Scope of Metaphysics daniel davies and charles h. manekin His Existence Is Essentiality: Maimonides as Metaphysician aaron segal “Whereof One Cannot Speak” silvia jonas v vi Contents part iv the created Creation and Miracles in the Guide t. m. rudavsky The Prophetic Method in the Guide dani rabinowitz Maimonides’ Modalities josef stern part v human finitude Maimonides’ Critique of Anthropocentrism and Teleology warren zev harvey Maimonides and the Problem(s) of Evil david shatz part vi human ends The Nature and Purpose of Divine Law moshe halbertal Maimonides on Human Perfection and the Love of God steven nadler Bibliography Index Contributors daniel davies is Research Associate in the Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion at Universität Hamburg igor h. de souza is Lecturer in English and Humanities at Yale University daniel frank is Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University moshe halbertal is Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Thought at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem warren zev harvey is Professor Emeritus of Jewish Thought at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem silvia jonas isMarieSkłodowskaCurieFellowattheMunichCenterfor Mathematical Philosophy at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich charles h. manekin is Professor of Philosophy at University of Maryland steven nadler isWilliamH.HayIIProfessorofPhilosophyandEvjue- Bascom Professor in Humanities at University of Wisconsin–Madison dani rabinowitz is a solicitor at Clifford Chance LLP t. m. rudavsky isProfessor ofPhilosophy atThe OhioState University daniel rynhold is Professor in Modern Jewish Philosophy at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University aaron segal is Lecturer in Philosophy at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem vii viii List of Contributors david shatz is Ronald P. Stanton University Professor of Philosophy, Ethics, and Religious Thought at Yeshiva University josef stern is William H. Colvin Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at The University of Chicago shira weiss is Academic Fellow at the Center for Hebraic Thought
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