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Maimonides and the book that changed Judaism : secrets of the Guide for the Perplexed / Micah Goodman.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Hebrew Publication details: Philadelphia : The Jewish Publication Society ; [(c)2015.]; Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [(c)2015.]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780827611979
  • 0827611978
Uniform titles:
  • Sodotaṿ shel Moreh ha-nevukhim. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BM545.35
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Contents:
Part I. God. 1. The God of Maimonides -- 2. Prophecy -- 3. Providence -- 4. Redemption -- 5. From negative theology to empowering humanity -- Conclusion: The new religious hero -- Part II. Torah. 6. Is the Torah divine? -- 7. Reasons for the commandments -- 8. Man and the Torah -- 9. The universality of the Torah -- Conclusion: Rising to the level of understanding -- Part III. Perplexity. 10. Contradictions -- 11. The creation of the world -- 12. Perplexity and God -- 13. The role of doubt -- 14. Halakhah and dogmatism -- 15. The crisis of reason -- 16. The crisis of tradition -- 17. From perplexity to mysticism and politics -- 18. Therapeutic perplexity -- Conclusion: The purpose of life.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Part I. God. 1. The God of Maimonides -- 2. Prophecy -- 3. Providence -- 4. Redemption -- 5. From negative theology to empowering humanity -- Conclusion: The new religious hero -- Part II. Torah. 6. Is the Torah divine? -- 7. Reasons for the commandments -- 8. Man and the Torah -- 9. The universality of the Torah -- Conclusion: Rising to the level of understanding -- Part III. Perplexity. 10. Contradictions -- 11. The creation of the world -- 12. Perplexity and God -- 13. The role of doubt -- 14. Halakhah and dogmatism -- 15. The crisis of reason -- 16. The crisis of tradition -- 17. From perplexity to mysticism and politics -- 18. Therapeutic perplexity -- Conclusion: The purpose of life.

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