This treatise has as its principal object to clarify the meaning of certain terms in the Bible.

Moses Maimonides, born in 1135, was and remains the most famous Jewish theologian in history, and this is his most influential book. Well, this is a part of his most influential book; more specifically ...more

As we all are beings living in the sublunary microcosm of life this book is acroamatic gift from the 12th century by a philosopher, physician (Saladin), astrologer and judge Maimonides. Evidence inside is revealed in the clandestine symphonies that are well-hidden---like chambers of the nautilus she ...more

Looking to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy and Jewish theology, Moses Maimonides wrote The Guide for the Perplexed. A three part letter to his student, the book was influential not only to Jewish thought but Christian and Islamic thought throughout the Middle Ages while still giving those in the 2 ...more

Lepers are not deserving of entering the temple or receiving blessings since they deservedly have received their affliction due to committing slander and a goat should be sacrificed as vicarious compensation and red heifers are best of all for vicarious redemption otherwise. Menstruating women need ...more

I'll start with something good. If you are interested in linguistics then this book is for you. Hebrew is such a fascinating language where, unlike English, almost any word is up to interpretation. Maimonides explores its countless homonyms in passages that have been written about God and presents m ...more

Maimonides is surprisingly modern in his outlook. Apart from great and long-recognized influence on Christian theology deserves to be regarded as the greatest Jewish interpreter of the Scripture. Christians get stuck and stagnant in one one box of Scripture interpretation. But it is the Jews who gav ...more

This work appears on several recommended classics lists, and since I was perplexed, I decided to delve into it.

Alas, I am still perplexed.

The hard cover sells for textbook prices; I recommend the soft cover or a used version—there is no need to pay top dollar for what turns out to be, in addition ...more

To find this amazing book was an interesting adventure. The finding was almost as intense as the wisdom gained therein...

For those that wish to derive a better understanding of the Torah, and its spiritual, literal and metaphysical interpretations, then this is the read for you! You may just open t ...more

You must keep this in mind concerning this addition: the font is so small that each page is equivalent to 3 or 4 standard pages. The true book length would be between 1200 - 1400 pages. Do you want to commit yourself to reading this difficult book? (Difficult in that one must have read the works of ...more

A fairly wide ranging treatise on the nature of God and theology. Not too long and makes some interesting comments here and there often responding to his contemporaries. Maimonides promotes a view that we cannot make positive claims about the attributes of God, that the universe didn't always exist, ...more