Jewish Encounters Series: Maimonides (Paperback)

from m.belljackson

Where Homer uses Reason to reject Religion entirely, Maimonides uses Reason to (mostly) support and strengthen Divine Truth. He further translates his vast medical knowledge and compassion into usable form. Readers may wonder what he might have created with all the time and energy spent to clarif...

from bezoar44

Years ago, perhaps in college, I read part of the Guide of the Perplexed. In one passage, the author - Moses Maimonides (1138 - 1204) - presents the striking image of silver filigree encasing a golden apple, offering it as a metaphor for the way good writing, beautiful in its own right, cradles a...

from bezoar44

Years ago, perhaps in college, I read part of the Guide of the Perplexed. In one passage, the author - Moses Maimonides (1138 - 1204) - presents the striking image of silver filigree encasing a golden apple, offering it as a metaphor for the way good writing, beautiful in its own right, cradles a...