Major Works
Guide 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.
Commentary
Philosophy and the Law
-Strauss, Leo. Philosophy and the Law, Tr. Eve Adler. Albany, 1995. Translation of Philosophie und Gesetz: Beiträge zum Verständnis Maimunis und seiner Vorläufer. Berlin, 1935.
on The Guide of the PerplexedThe 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 PerplexedThe Literary Character of The Guide for the Perplexed
-Strauss, Leo. “The Literary Character of The Guide for the Perplexed.” In Essays on Maimonides. Ed. S. W. Baron. New York, 1941: 37-91. rprt. Persecution and the Art of Writing: 38-94.
on The Guide of the PerplexedPersecution and the Art of Writing
-Strauss, Leo. Persecution and the Art of Writing. Glencoe, Ill., 1952.
on The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides’ Statement on Political Science by Leo Strauss
-Strauss, Leo. “Maimonides’ Statement on Political Science.” Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research 22 (1953):115-30. What Is Political Philosophy?
On The Guide of the Perplexed, the Mishneh Torah, and other works.What is Political Philosophy? And Other Studies
-Strauss, Leo. What is Political Philosophy? And Other Studies. Glencoe, Il., 1959.
on The Guide of the PerplexedTranslator’s Introduction: The Philosophical Sources of The Guide of the Perplexed
-Pines, Shlomo. “Translator’s Introduction: The Philosophical Sources of The Guide of the Perplexed.” The Guide of the Perplexed. Chicago, 1963: lviicxxxiv.
On The Guide of the PerplexedIsma’ili Theology and Maimonides’ Philosophy
-Ivry, Alfred L. “Isma’ili Theology and Maimonides’ Philosophy.” The Jews of Medieval Islam: Community, Society, and Identity. ed. D. Frank: 271-300. Izutsu, Toshihiko. Ethico-Religious Concepts in the Qur’Án. Montreal, 1966.
on The Guide of the PerplexedSpinoza’s Tractatus Theologico-Politicus, Maimonides and Kant
-Pines, Shlomo. “Spinoza’s Tractatus Theologico-Politicus, Maimonides and Kant.” Scripta Hierosolymitana 20 (1968): 3-54.
On The Guide of the PerplexedHow To Begin To Study The Guide of the Perplexed
-Strauss, Leo. “How To Begin To Study The Guide of the Perplexed.” Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed. trans. S. Pines: xi-lvi. rprt. Liberalism Ancient and Modern: 140-84.
on The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides and Abrabanel on Prophecy
-Reines, Alvin J. Maimonides and Abrabanel on Prophecy. Cincinnati, 1970.
On The Guide of the PerplexedThe Revealed and the Concealed—Providence, Prophecy, Miracle and Creation in the Guide
-Kravitz, Leonard S. “The Revealed and the Concealed—Providence, Prophecy, Miracle and Creation in the Guide.” CCAR Yearbook 16 (1969): 2-30, and (1971): 59-62.
On The Guide of the PerplexedA Maimonides Reader
- Twersky, Isadore. A Maimonides Reader (New York, 1972).On the Mishneh TorahMaimonides and Aquinas on Natural Law
- Fox, Marvin. “Maimonides and Aquinas on Natural Law.” Dine Israel 3 (1972): v-xxxvi. rprt. Studies in Maimonides and Aquinas. ed. Jacob I. Dienstag: 75-106.on The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides and Kabbalah
- Idel, Moshe. “Maimonides and Kabbalah.” Studies in Maimonides. ed. Isadore Twersky: 31-81.on The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides’ Concepts of Providence and Theodicy
-Reines, Alvin J. “Maimonides’ Concepts of Providence and Theodicy.” Hebrew Union College Annual 43 (1972): 169-205.
On The Guide of the PerplexedShmuel Ibn Tibbon’s Criticism of the Maimonidean Theory of Intellect
-Sermoneta, Giuseppe. “Shmuel Ibn Tibbon’s Criticism of the Maimonidean Theory of Intellect.” Proceedings of the Sixth World Congress of Jewish Studies. Jerusalem, 1972: 315-19.
On The Guide of the PerplexedStudies 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, the Disciple of al-Farabi
-Berman, L. “Maimonides, the Disciple of al-Farabi.” Israel Oriental Studies 4 (1974): 154-78
on The Guide of the PerplexedThe Structure of The Guide: Reflections Occasioned by L. Strauss and S. Rawidowicz
-Berman, L. “The Structure of The Guide: Reflections Occasioned by L. Strauss and S. Rawidowicz.” In vol. 3 of Proceedings of the Sixth World Congress of Jewish Studies, edited by Avigdor Shinan, 7-13. Jerusalem: World Union of Jewish Studies, 1977.
on The Guide of the PerplexedAlfarabi’s Opinions of the Virtuous City and Maimonides’ Foundations of the Law
-Kraemer, Joel L. “Alfarabi’s Opinions of the Virtuous City and Maimonides’ Foundations of the Law.” Studia Orientalia Memoriae D. H. Baneth Dedicata. ed. J. Blau et al.:107-53.
On The Guide of the Perplexed and Commentary on the MishnahThe Collected Works of Shlomo Pines
- Pines, Shlomo. The Collected Works of Shlomo Pines. 5 vols. Jerusalem, 1979.Repercussions of the Kalam in Jewish Philosophy
- Wolfson, Harry Austryn. Repercussions of the Kalam in Jewish Philosophy. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1979.A Portrait of Spinoza as a Maimonidean
-Harvey, Warren Ze’ev. “A Portrait of Spinoza as a Maimonidean.” Journal of the History of Philosophy 19 (1981): 151-72.
on The Guide of the PerplexedA Third Approach to Maimonides’ Cosmogony-Prophetology Puzzle
-Harvey, Warren Ze’ev. “A Third Approach to Maimonides' Cosmogony-Prophetology Puzzle.” The Harvard Theological Review 74 (1981): 287-301.
on The Guide of the PerplexedSamuel Ibn Tibbon and the Esoteric Character of The Guide of the Perplexed
-Ravitzky, Aviezer. “Samuel Ibn Tibbon and the Esoteric Character of The Guide of the Perplexed.” Association of Jewish Studies Review 6 (1981): 87-23.
On The Guide of the PerplexedThe Secrets of The Guide of the Perplexed: Between the Thirteenth and the Twentieth Centuries
-Ravitzky, Aviezer. “The Secrets of The Guide of the Perplexed: Between the Thirteenth and the Twentieth Centuries.” Studies in Maimonides. ed. Isadore Twersky: 159–207.
On The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides: a Biography
- Heschel, A. J. Maimonides: a Biography. trans. from the 1935 German edition by Joachim Neugroschel. New York, 1982.Biography on Moses MaimonidesMaimonides 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 PerplexedStudies in Platonic Political Philosophy
-Strauss, Leo. Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy. Chicago, 1983.
on The Guide of the PerplexedA Short Note on the Possible Origin of the Title Moreh haNevukhim
- Giladi, Avner. “A Short Note on the Possible Origin of the Title Moreh haNevukhim.” Le Muséon 97 (1984): 159-61.on The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides and Islam
- Hourani, George F. “Maimonides and Islam.” Studies in Islamic and Judaic Traditions. ed. W.M. Brinner & S.D. Ricks. Atlanta, 1986:153-65.on The Guide of the PerplexedSitre ‘Arayot in Maimonides’ Thought
-Idel, Moshe. “Sitre ‘Arayot in Maimonides’ Thought.” Maimonides and Philosophy. ed. S. Pines and Y.Yovel: 79-91.
on The Guide of the PerplexedIslamic and Greek Influences on Maimonides’ Philosophy
-Ivry, Alfred L. “Islamic and Greek Influences on Maimonides’ Philosophy” Maimonides and Philosophy. eds. S. Pines, Y. Yovel: 139-156
on The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides on Creation
-Ivry, Alfred L . “Maimonides on Creation.” Creation and the End of Days: Judaism and Scientific Cosmology. ed. D. Novak and N. Samuelson: 185-214.
on The Guide of the PerplexedExoteric Teaching
-Strauss, Leo. “Exoteric Teaching.” Ed. K. Green. Interpretation 14 (1986): 51-59. rprt. The Rebirth of Classical Political Rationalism: 63-71.
on The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides and Philosophy: Papers Presented at the Sixth Jerusalem Philosophical Encounter
-Maimonides and Philosophy: Papers Presented at the Sixth Jerusalem Philosophical Encounter. May, 1985. (Dordrecht, 1986) edited by Shlomo Pines and Yirmiyahu Yovel
Maimonides
- Lerner, Ralph. “Maimonides.” A History of Political Philosophy. ed. Joseph Cropsy and Leo Strauss. Chicago, 1963: 181-99. 2nd ed. Chicago, 1987: 203-22.Excerpt: “If one is to discuss the objects and character or law, one must proceed from an understanding of the beings for whose sake a law is made. Maimonides proceeds accordingly; in his Guide of the Perplexed, he examines the need for law before… MoreProvidence as Consequent upon the Intellect: Maimonides’ Theory of Providence
-Raffel, Charles M. “Providence as Consequent upon the Intellect: Maimonides' Theory of Providence.” Association of Jewish Studies Review 12 (1987): 25-71.
On The Guide of the PerplexedProvidence, Divine Omniscience and Possibility: The Case of Maimonides
-Ivry, Alfred L. “Providence, Divine Omniscience and Possibility: The Case of Maimonides.” Divine Omniscience and Omnipotence in Medieval Philosophy. ed. T. Rudavsky:143-159. rprt in Maimonides: a Collection of Critical Essays. ed. J. Buijs: 175-191.
on The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides: a Collection Of Critical Essays
-Ivry, Alfred L. Maimonides: a Collection Of Critical Essays. ed. J. Buijs. Notre Dame, 1988.
on The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides on the Creation of the World
-Ivry, A. L. “Maimonides on the Creation of the World.” Shlomo Pines Jubilee Volume. ed. M. Idel et al. vol. 2: 115-137.
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 PerplexedWas Maimonides Influenced by Algazali?
-Lazarus-Yafeh, Hava. “Was Maimonides Influenced by Algazali?” Tehillah le-Moshe: Biblical and Judaic Studies in Honor of Moshe Greenberg, edited by B. L. Eichler and J. Tigay M. Cogan: 163-169.
On The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides on Aristotle and Scientific Method
-Kraemer, Joel L. “Maimonides on Aristotle and Scientific Method.” Moses Maimonides and his Time. ed. E. L. Ormsby: 53-88.
On The Guide of the PerplexedThe Rebirth of Classical Political Rationalism: an Introduction to the Thought of Leo Strauss: Essays and Lectures
-Strauss, Leo. The Rebirth of Classical Political Rationalism: an Introduction to the Thought of Leo Strauss: Essays and Lectures; selected and introduced by Thomas L. Pangle. Chicago, 1989.
on The Guide of the PerplexedMoses Maimonides and His Time
- Moses Maimonides and His Time. ed. E. Ormsby. Catholic University, Washington DC. 1989Maimonides on Human Perfection
-Kellner, Menachem. Maimonides on Human Perfection. Atlanta, Ga., 1990.
On The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonidean Studies Journal
- New York : Michael Scharf Publication Trust of Yeshiva University Press, 1990-Studies in Maimonides
- Studies in Maimonides. ed. Isadore Twersky. Cambridge Mass., 1990.Maimonides’ Ethics: The Encounter of Philosophic and Religious Morality
- Weiss, Raymond L. Maimonides’ Ethics: The Encounter of Philosophic and Religious Morality. Chicago, 1991.On the Mishneh Torah, the Commentary on the Mishnah, and the Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides on Prophecy: A Commentary on Selected Chapters of the Guide of the Perplexed
-Bakan, David. Maimonides on Prophecy: A Commentary on Selected Chapters of the Guide of the Perplexed. Northvale, N. J., 1991.
on The Guide of the PerplexedLeo Strauss on Maimonides
-Ivry, Alfred L. “Leo Strauss on Maimonides.” Leo Strauss’s Thought. ed. Alan Udoff, 75-91. Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner, 1991.
on The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides on Judaism and the Jewish People
-Kellner, Menachem. Maimonides on Judaism and the Jewish People. Albany, N. Y., 1991.45 – Also cite under Mishneh Torah.
On The Guide of the PerplexedTruth and Falsehood Versus Good and Evil: a Study in Jewish and General Philosophy in Connection with Guide of the Perplexed I,2
-Pines, Shlomo. “Truth and Falsehood Versus Good and Evil: a Study in Jewish and General Philosophy in Connection with Guide of the Perplexed I,2.” Studies in Maimonides. ed. Isadore Twersky. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1991. 95-157.
On The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides’ Doctrine of Creation
-Samuelson, Norbert. “Maimonides’ Doctrine of Creation.” Harvard Theological Review 84 (1991): 249-271.
On The Guide of the PerplexedAl-Farabi and Maimonides on the Christian Philosophical Tradition: A Re-evaluation
-Stroumsa, Sarah. “Al-Farabi and Maimonides on the Christian Philosophical Tradition: A Re-evaluation.” Der Islam 68 (1991): 263-287.
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.
The Thought of Moses Maimonides
-The Thought of Moses Maimonides. ed. Lawrence Kaplan, Ira Robinson, and Julien Bauer, Edwin Mellen Press,1991
Elisha ben Abuyah and Muslim Heretics in Maimonides’ Writings
-Stroumsa, Sarah. “Elisha ben Abuyah and Muslim Heretics in Maimonides’ Writings.” Maimonidean Studies 3 (1992-93): 173-94.
on The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides on Metaphysical Knowledge
- Davidson, Herbert. “Maimonides on Metaphysical Knowledge.” Maimonidean Studies 3 (1992-93): 49-103.on The Guide of the PerplexedJew and Philosopher: The Return to Maimonides in the Jewish Thought of Leo Strauss
- Green, Kenneth Hart. Jew and Philosopher: The Return to Maimonides in the Jewish Thought of Leo Strauss. Albany, N.Y., 1993.on The Guide of the PerplexedIs there an Early Stratum in the Guide of the Perplexed
-Kasher, Hannah. “Is there an Early Stratum in the Guide of the Perplexed?” Maimonidean Studies 3 (1992-1993): 105-129.
On The Guide of the PerplexedAvicenna and Maimonides on Immortality: A Comparative Study
-Schwartz, Dov. “Avicenna and Maimonides on Immortality: A Comparative Study.” Studies in Muslim-Jewish Relations. ed. Ronald L. Nettler: 185- 197.
On The Guide of the PerplexedWho Were Maimonides’ Mutakallimun? Some Remarks on Guide I.73 (part 1 and part 2)
- Schwarz, Michael. “Who Were Maimonides' Mutakallimun? Some Remarks on Guide I.73 (part 1 and part 2).” Maimonidean Studies 2 (1991): 159-209 and Maimonidean Studies 3 (1992-93): 143-172.On The Guide of the PerplexedMoses Maimonides —Physician, Scientist, and Philosopher
- Moses Maimonides: Physician, Scientist, and Philosopher. ed. Samuel Kottek and Fred Rosner, Northvale, NJ. Jason Aronson Inc, 1993Interpreting Maimonides: Studies in Methodology, Metaphysics, and Moral Philosophy
-Fox, Marvin . Interpreting Maimonides: Studies in Methodology, Metaphysics, and Moral Philosophy. Chicago, 1994.
on The Guide of the PerplexedSelf-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 PerplexedPolitics and Perfection: Gersonides vs. Maimonides
-Kellner, Menachem. “Politics and Perfection: Gersonides vs. Maimonides.” Jewish Political Studies Review (1994): 49-82.
On The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides’ Approach to Astrology
-Kreisel, Howard. “Maimonides' Approach to Astrology.” Proceedings of the Eleventh World Congress of Jewish Studies 2 (1994): 25-32.
On The Guide of the Perplexed and on Other WorksThe Erotics of Negative Theology: Maimonides on Apprehension
-Gordon, Peter Eli. “The Erotics of Negative Theology: Maimonides on Apprehension.” Jewish Studies Quarterly 2 (1995): 1-38.
on The Guide of the PerplexedTwelfth Century Concepts of Soul and Body: The Maimonidean Controversy in Baghdad
-Stroumsa, Sarah. “Twelfth Century Concepts of Soul and Body: The Maimonidean Controversy in Baghdad.” In Self, Soul, and Body in Religious Experience, edited by J Assmann Alfred Baumgarten, G Stroumsa, 313-334.
on The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides on the “Decline of the Generations” and the Nature of Rabbinic Authority
-Kellner, Menachem. Maimonides on the “Decline of the Generations” and the Nature of Rabbinic Authority. Albany, N. Y., 1996.
On The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides: Nature, History, and Messianic Beliefs
-Funkenstein, Amos. Maimonides: Nature, History, and Messianic Beliefs. Tel Aviv, 1997.
on The Guide of the PerplexedThe 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 PerplexedNeoplatonic Currents in Maimonides’ Thought
-Ivry, Alfred L. “Neoplatonic Currents in Maimonides’ Thought” Perspectives on Maimonides. ed. Joel L. Kraemer:115-40.
on The Guide of the PerplexedThe True Perplexity: The Guide of the Perplexed, Part II, chapter 24
-Langermann, Y. Tzvi. “The True Perplexity: The Guide of the Perplexed, Part II, chapter 24.” Perspectives on Maimonides. ed. Joel L. Kraemer: 159-74.
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 PerplexedAbulafia’s Secrets of the Guide: a Linguistic Turn
-Idel, Moshe. “Abulafia’s Secrets of the Guide: a Linguistic Turn.” Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale 4 (1998): 495-528.
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 PerplexedTrue Felicity: Paradise in the Thought of Avicenna and Maimonides
-Stroumsa, Sarah. “True Felicity: Paradise in the Thought of Avicenna and Maimonides.” Medieval Encounters 4 (1998): 51-77.
on The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides’ View of Happiness: Philosophy, Myth, and the Transcendence of History
-Tirosh-Samuelson, Hava. “Maimonides’ View of Happiness: Philosophy, Myth, and the Transcendence of History.” Jewish History and Jewish Memory: Essays in Honor of Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi. ed. John Efron et al.: 189- 213.
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’ Political Thought: Studies in Ethics, Law, and the Human Ideal
-Kreisel, Howard. Maimonides’ Political Thought: Studies in Ethics, Law, and the Human Ideal. Albany, N. Y., 1999.
On The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides and Astronomy: Some Further Reflections
-Langermann, Y. Tzvi. “Maimonides and Astronomy: Some Further Reflections.” The Jews and the Sciences in the Middle Ages, IV, 1-26.
On The Guide of the PerplexedAn Averroist Solution to a Maimonidean Perplexity
- Feldman, Seymour. “An Averroist Solution to a Maimonidean Perplexity.” Maimondean Studies 4 (2000): 15-30.on The Guide of the PerplexedOn Maimonides’ Allegorical Reading of Scripture
-Harvey, Warren Ze’ev. “On Maimonides’ Allegorical Reading of Scripture.” Interpretation and Allegory: Antiquity to the Modern Period. Ed. John Whitman. Brill, 2000: 181-188.
on The Guide of the PerplexedDeus sive Natura —The Metamorphoses of a Dictum from Maimonides to Spinoza
-Idel, Moshe. “Deus sive Natura —The Metamorphoses of a Dictum from Maimonides to Spinoza.” Maimonides and the Sciences. ed. Robert S. Cohen and Hillel Levine: 87-110.
on The Guide of the PerplexedOn Maimonides’ Messianic Posture
-Kraemer, Joel L. “On Maimonides’ Messianic Posture.” Studies in Medieval Jewish History and Literature. ed. I. Twersky. vol. 2:109-42. (ALSO under Mishneh Torah)
On The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides and the Spanish Aristotelian School
-Kraemer, Joel L. “Maimonides and the Spanish Aristotelian School.” Christians, Muslims, and Jews in Medieval and Early Modern Spain. ed. M. D. Meyerson and E. D. English: 40-68.
On The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides’ Use of (Aristotelian) Dialectic
- Kraemer, Joel L. “Maimonides’ Use of (Aristotelian) Dialectic.” Maimonides and the Sciences. ed. Robert S. Cohen and Hillel Levine: 111-130.On The Guide of the PerplexedThe ‘Seventh Cause’: On Contradictions in Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed
-Lorberboim, Yair. “The ‘Seventh Cause’: On Contradictions in Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed.” Tarbiz 69 (2000): 211-237
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
Studies in Medieval Jewish History and Literature
-Studies in Medieval Jewish History and Literature. ed. Isadore Twersky. 3 vols. Cambridge, Mass., 1979-2000.
Maimonides’ Secret Position on Creation
-Davidson, Herbert. “Maimonides’ Secret Position on Creation.” Studies in Medieval Jewish History and Literature. ed. Isadore Twersky. vol. 1: 16-40.
on The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides
-Kraemer, Joel L. “Maimonides.” Judaism in Practice. ed. L. Fine: 413-28.
On The Guide of the PerplexedNaturalism and Universalism in Maimonides’ Political and Religious Thought
- Kraemer, Joel L. “Naturalism and Universalism in Maimonides’ Political and Religious Thought.” Me’ah She‘arim: Studies in Medieval Jewish Spiritual Life in Memory of Isadore Twersky. ed. G. Blidstein et al.: 47-81.On The Guide of the PerplexedProphecy: The History of an Idea in Medieval Jewish Philosophy
-Kreisel, Howard. Prophecy: The History of an Idea in Medieval Jewish Philosophy. Dordrecht, 2001.
On The Guide of the PerplexedThe Limitations of Human Knowledge by Shlomo Pines
-Pines, Shlomo. “The Limitations of Human Knowledge According to Al-Farabi, ibn Bajja, and Maimonides.” Studies in Medieval Jewish History and Literature. ed. I. Twersky. vol. 1: 82-109. 79
On The Guide of the PerplexedThe Garden of Eden: Spinoza’s Maimonidean Account of the Geneology of Morals and the Origin of Society
-Ravven, Heidi M. “The Garden of Eden: Spinoza’s Maimonidean Account of the Geneology of Morals and the Origin of Society.” Philosophy and Theology 13 (2001): 3-51.
On The Guide of the PerplexedSome Thoughts on What Spinoza Learned from Maimonides about the Prophetic Imagination. Part 1. Maimonides on Prophecy and the Imagination. Part 2: Spinoza’s Maimonideanism
-Ravven, Heidi M. “Some Thoughts on What Spinoza Learned from Maimonides about the Prophetic Imagination. Part 1. Maimonides on Prophecy and the Imagination. Part 2: Spinoza's Maimonideanism.”Journal of the History of Philosophy 39 (2001): 193-214, 385-406.
On The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides’ Demonstrations: Principles and Practice
-Stern, Josef. “Maimonides’ Demonstrations: Principles and Practice.” Medieval Philosophy and Theology 10 (2001): 47-84.
on The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides and the Hermeneutics of Concealment
- James Diamond, Maimonides and the Hermeneutics of Concealment: Deciphering Scripture and Midrash in the Guide of the Perplexed , SUNY Press, Albany, N.Y. –Jewish Philosophy Series. February, 2002From the publisher: Maimonides and the Hermeneutics of Concealment demonstrates the type of hermeneutic that the medieval Jewish philosopher Moses Maimonides (1138-1204) engaged in throughout his treatise, The Guide of the Perplexed. By comprehensively… MoreEsoteric Knowledge and the Vulgar: Parallels Between Newton and Maimonides
- Faur, J. “Esoteric Knowledge and the Vulgar: Parallels Between Newton and Maimonides.” Trumah 12 (2002): 183-191.on The Guide of the PerplexedAsceticism in the Thought of R. Bahya Ibn Paquda and Maimonides
-Kreisel, Howard. “Asceticism in the Thought of R. Bahya Ibn Paquda and Maimonides.” Da‘at 21 (2002): 5-22.
On The Guide of the PerplexedCriticism of Authority in the Writings of Moses Maimonides and Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
-Langermann, Y. Tzvi. “Criticism of Authority in the Writings of Moses Maimonides and Fakhr al-Din al-Razi.” Early Science and Medicine 7 (2002): 255-275.
On The Guide of the PerplexedOn Contradictions, Rationality, Dialectics, and Esotericism in Maimonides’s Guide of the Perplexed
-Lorberboim, Yair. “On Contradictions, Rationality, Dialectics, and Esotericism in Maimonides’s Guide of the Perplexed.” Review of Metaphysics 55 (2002): 95-134.
On The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides 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 PerplexedDivine Attributes as Moral Ideals in Maimonides’ Theology
-Samuelson, Norbert. “Divine Attributes as Moral Ideals in Maimonides’ Theology.” The Thought of Maimonides: Philosophical and Legal Studies: ed. Lawrence Kaplan, Julien Bauer,and Ira Robinson: 69-76.
On The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonidean Scholarship At The End Of The Century
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