Maimonides and the Book That Changed Judaism
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Maimonides and the Book That Changed Judaism

Secrets of "The Guide for the Perplexed"

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Maimonides and the Book That Changed Judaism

Secrets of "The Guide for the Perplexed"

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A publishing sensation long at the top of the best-seller lists in Israel, the original Hebrew edition of Maimonides and the Book That Changed Judaism has been called the most successful book ever published in Israel on the preeminent medieval Jewish thinker Moses Maimonides. The works of Maimonides, particularly The Guide for the Perplexed, are reckoned among the fundamental texts that influenced all subsequent Jewish philosophy andalso proved to be highly influential in Christian and Islamic thought.

Spanning subjects ranging from God, prophecy, miracles, revelation, and evil, to politics, messianism, reason in religion, and the therapeutic role of doubt, Maimonides and the Book That Changed Judaism elucidates the complex ideas of The Guide in remarkably clear and engaging prose.

Drawing on his own experience as a central figure in the current Israeli renaissance of Jewish culture and spirituality, Micah Goodman brings Maimonides's masterwork into dialogue with the intellectual and spiritual worlds of twenty-first-century readers. Goodman contends that in Maimonides's view, the Torah's purpose is not to bring clarity about God but rather to make us realize that we do not understand God at all; not to resolve inscrutable religious issues but to give us insight into the true nature and purpose of our lives.

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Publisher
The Jewish Publication Society
Year
2015
ISBN
9780827611986
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Jewish Theology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. Part 1. God
  9. 1. The God of Maimonides
  10. 2. Prophecy
  11. 3. Providence
  12. 4. Redemption
  13. 5. From Negative Theology to Empowering Humanity
  14. Conclusion
  15. Part 2. Torah
  16. 6. Is the Torah Divine?
  17. 7. Reasons for the Commandments
  18. 8. Man and the Torah
  19. 9. The Universality of the Torah
  20. Conclusion
  21. Part 3. Perplexity
  22. 10. Contradictions
  23. 11. The Creation of the World
  24. 12. Perplexity and God
  25. 13. The Role of Doubt
  26. 14. Halakhah and Dogmatism
  27. 15. The Crisis of Reason
  28. 16. The Crisis of Tradition
  29. 17. From Perplexity to Mysticism and Politics
  30. 18. Therapeutic Perplexity
  31. Conclusion
  32. Notes
  33. Index
  34. About Micah Goodman