Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Revue des Etudes Juives
Angaben zur Quelle:
180,1-2 (2021) 25-39
Keywords:
Maimonides, Moses,
;
Ibn Tibbon, Shmuel,
;
Jewish philosophy Middle Ages, 500-1500
Abstract:
R. Samuel Ibn Tibbon translated the title of the book, Dalalat al-ḥa’irin, as Moreh Nebhukhim, Guide of the Perplexed, thus creating a connection between the title of the book and the verse in Exodus 14:3: 'they are perplexed in the land' (nebhukim hem ba-areṣ). We argue that when Maimonides assigned the Arabic title to his work, he too thought of this connection to the verse. According to this, Moreh Nebhukhim serves not only as a guide to those who are perplexed by the contradictions between the Torah and philosophy, but also as a defense against those religions that make claims about the confusion of the Jewish religion.
DOI:
10.2143/REJ.180.1.3289435
URL:
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