ISBN:
9780226502267
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (433 p.)
Year of publication:
2010
Uniform Title:
Dalālat al-hāʿirīn
DDC:
181.3
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This monument of rabbinical exegesis written at the end of the twelfth century has exerted an immense and continuing influence upon Jewish thought. Its aim is to liberate people from the tormenting perplexities arising from their understanding of the Bible according only to its literal meaning. This edition contains extensive introductions by Shlomo Pines and Leo Strauss, a leading authority on Maimonides
Note:
This translation originally published: 1963. - ' ... based on the Arabic text established by S. Munk ("Le Guide des Égarés" ; 3 vols. ; Paris, 1856-66) and edited with variant readings by Issachar Joel ("Dalālat al-hāʿirīn" ; Jerusalem : J. Junovitch, 5691 [1930/31])' - Preface