ABSTRACT
Originally published in 1948.
Moses Maimonides was one of the most powerful philosophers of the Middle Ages. The philosophical basis which he elaborated for Judaism had a profound influence on mediaeval Christian thinkers. This volume describes the full background of Maimonides’s thinking in its twelfth-century historical and religious context.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|35 pages
The Man and His Work
chapter Chapter I|10 pages
Life and Background
chapter Chapter II|16 pages
Works
chapter |8 pages
General Characteristics
part II|39 pages
The Guide
chapter Chapter IV|13 pages
Maimonides and the Theologians
chapter Chapter V|12 pages
Maimonides and the Scientists
chapter Chapter VI|13 pages
The Way of Rational Religion
part III|50 pages
Maimonides' Place in History