Major Works
Commentary on the Mishnah
- The Commentary on the Mishnah has not been translated into English in its entirety. However, there are translations of Maimonides' introduction to Pirqe Aboth called "The Eight Chapters." English translation of Eight Chapters, Introduction to Commentary on Avoth by Joseph Isaac Gorfinkle, New York: Columbia UP, 1912.Maimonides’ first major work sought to give a clear, accessible and practical explanation of Jewish Law as it is laid out in the Mishnah, the first and most authoritative systematization and reorganization of Jewish Law, probably completed around 200… MoreGuide of the Perplexed
- Recommended translation: The Guide of the Perplexed. Translated with an introduction and notes by Shlomo Pines.With an introductory essay by Leo Strauss. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1963. Originally composed in Arabic, in 1190.The Guide presents the Law and philosophy as espousing two different, even contradictory views of the world. The perplexity induced by these two different worldviews is Maimonides’ main subject in the Guide.
Other Works
Treatise on Resurrection (1191)
- Trans. Hillel Fradkin in Maimonides’ Empire of Light (Chicago: 2000), pp. 154-177.Letters and Essays: Some important examples
Commentary
The Amphibolous Terms in Aristotle, Arabic Philosophy and Maimonides
-Wolfson, Harry Austryn. “The Amphibolous Terms in Aristotle, Arabic Philosophy and Maimonides.” Harvard Theological Review 31 (1938): 151-73. rprt. Studies in the History of Philosophy and Religion. ed. I. Twersky and G. H. Williams. vol. 1: 455-77.
on The Guide of the PerplexedEssays on Maimonides: An Octocentennial Volume
-Essays on Maimonides: An Octocentennial Volume, ed. Salo W. Baron. New York, 1941
Studies in the History of Philosophy and Religion
-Wolfson, Harry Austryn. Studies in the History of Philosophy and Religion. 2 vols. ed. I. Twersky and G. H. Williams. Cambridge, Mass., 1973.
on The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides on Freedom and Language
-Faur, J. “Maimonides on Freedom and Language.” Helios 9 (1982): 73-95.
on The Guide of the PerplexedFreedom and Linguistic Expression in Maimonides
-Faur, J. “Freedom and Linguistic Expression in Maimonides.” Semiotica 46 (1983): 61-77.
on The Guide of the PerplexedThe Hidden Doctrine of Maimonides’ Guide for the Perplexed: Philosophical and Religious God-Language in Tension
-Kravitz, Leonard S. The Hidden Doctrine of Maimonides’ Guide for the Perplexed: Philosophical and Religious God-Language in Tension. Lewiston, N. Y., 1988.
On The Guide of the PerplexedPerspectives on Maimonides: Philosophical and Historical Studies
-Perspectives on Maimonides: Philosophical and Historical Studies. ed. Joel L. Kraemer Oxford, 1991.
Self-Cognizing Intellect and Negative Attributes in Maimonides’ Theology
-Kasher, Hannah. “Self-Cognizing Intellect and Negative Attributes in Maimonides' Theology.” The Harvard Theological Review 87 (1994): 461-472
On The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides in the Sultan’s Palace by Steven Harvey
-Harvey, Steven. “Maimonides in the Sultan’s Palace.” Perspectives on Maimonides: Philosophical and Historical Studies. ed. Joel L. Kraemer: 47-75. The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 1997.
A biography of Moses MaimonidesThe Meaning of Terms Designating Love in Judaeo-Arabic Thought and Some Remarks on the Judaeo-Arabic Interpretation of Maimonides
- Harvey, Steven. “The Meaning of Terms Designating Love in Judaeo-Arabic Thought and Some Remarks on the Judaeo-Arabic Interpretation of Maimonides.” Judaeo-Arabic Studies. ed. Norman Golb. Amsterdam, 1997: 175-196.on The Guide of the PerplexedThe Fall and Rise of Myth in Ritual: Maimonides vs Nahmanides on the Huqqim, Astrology, and the War Against Idolatry
-Stern, Josef. “The Fall and Rise of Myth in Ritual: Maimonides vs Nahmanides on the Huqqim, Astrology, and the War Against Idolatry.” Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy 6 (1997): 185-263.
on The Guide of the PerplexedProblems and Parables of Law: Maimonides and Nahmanides on Reasons for the Commandments (Ta‘amei ha-Mitzvot)
- Stern, Josef. Problems and Parables of Law: Maimonides and Nahmanides on Reasons for the Commandments (Ta‘amei ha-Mitzvot). Albany, N. Y., 1998.on The Guide of the PerplexedHomo Mysticus: a Guide to Maimonides’ Guide for the Perplexed
- Faur, J . Homo Mysticus: a Guide to Maimonides’ Guide for the Perplexed. Syracuse, 1999.on The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides on Language and the Science of Language
-Stern, Josef. “Maimonides on Language and the Science of Language.” Maimonides and the Sciences. ed. Robert S. Cohen and Hillel Levine:173- 226.
on The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides and the Sciences
-Maimonides and the Sciences. ed. R. S. Cohen and H. Levine. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2000
What Did Maimonides Mean by Madda’?
- Septimus, Bernard. “What Did Maimonides Mean by Madda’?” Me’ah She‘arim: Studies in Medieval Jewish Spiritual Life in Memory of Isadore Twersky. ed. G. Blidstein et al.: 83-110.On the Mishneh TorahMaimonides’ Demonstrations: Principles and Practice
-Stern, Josef. “Maimonides’ Demonstrations: Principles and Practice.” Medieval Philosophy and Theology 10 (2001): 47-84.
on The Guide of the PerplexedRavings’: Maimonides’ Concept of Pseudo-Science
-Stroumsa, Sarah. “‘Ravings’: Maimonides’ Concept of Pseudo-Science.” Aleph 1 (2001): 141-63.
Maimonides on Divine Knowledge—Moses of Narbonne’s Averroist Reading
-Manekin, Charles. “Maimonides on Divine Knowledge—Moses of Narbonne's Averroist Reading.” American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 76 (2002): 51-74.
On The Guide of the PerplexedMatter, Metaphor, and Private Pointing: Maimonides on the Complexity of Human Being
-Pessin, Sarah. “Matter, Metaphor, and Private Pointing: Maimonides on the Complexity of Human Being.” American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 76 (2002): 75-88.
On The Guide of the PerplexedOn Maimonides
- Manekin, Charles. On Maimonides. Belmont, Calif. & London, 2005.On The Guide of the PerplexedThe Cambridge Companion to Maimonides
-The Cambridge Companion to Maimonides. Ed. Kenneth Seeskin. Cambridge University Press, Illinois, 2005
Maimonides’ Confrontation with Mysticism
-Kellner, Menachem. Maimonides’ Confrontation with Mysticism. Oxford & Portland, Or., 2006.
On The Guide of the PerplexedConcealment and Revelation: Esotericism in Jewish Thought and its Philosophical Implications
- Halbertal, M. Concealment and Revelation: Esotericism in Jewish Thought and its Philosophical Implications. trans. Jackie Feldman. Princeton, N. J., 2007.on The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides and His Heritage
-Maimonides and His Heritage. ed. Idit Dobbs-Weinstein, Lenn Goodman, and James Allen Grady, S U N Y press, Series in Jewish Philosophy, 2009
Maimonides: The Life and World of One of Civilization’s Greatest Minds
-Kraemer, Joel. Maimonides: The Life and World of One of Civilization's Greatest Minds. Doubleday, 2008/Random House 2010.
From the publisher: “This authoritative biography of Moses Maimonides, one of the most influential minds in all of human history, illuminates his life as a philosopher, physician, and lawgiver. A biography on a grand scale, it brilliantly explicates one… MoreLeo Strauss on Maimonides
-Strauss, Leo. Leo Strauss on Maimonides: The Complete Writings. Ed. Kenneth Hart Green. Chicago, U Chicago Press, 2013.
Matter and Form of Maimonides’ Guide
- Stern, Josef. The Matter and Form of Maimonides' Guide. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 2013.