Book/Printed Material The Guide to the Perplexed.
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Title
- The Guide to the Perplexed.
Summary
- This work is an Arabic original of Moreh Nevukhim, Maimonides' masterful synthesis of Aristotelian philosophy and traditional Jewish belief. Known in English as The Guide to the Perplexed, the work was originally composed in Arabic and translated into Hebrew by Samuel ibn Tibbon in 1204. Moses ben Maimon, better known as Maimonides, was a Jewish theologian, philosopher, and physician. He was born in Cόrdoba, Spain, in 1135. In 1160 he moved with his family to Fez, Morocco, to escape religious persecution, and eventually settled in Cairo, where he became the personal physician to the sultan and his family. He also served as the head of the Jewish community of Cairo, where he died in 1204. His works on theology, law, philosophy, and medicine, mostly written in Arabic and translated into Hebrew, Latin, and other languages, were widely influential in both the Jewish and non-Jewish worlds.
Names
- Maimonides, Moses, 1137?-1204 Author.
Created / Published
- [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1200 to 1400]
Headings
- - Egypt
- - Yemen
- - 1150 to 1400
- - Jewish law
- - Jewish philosophy
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - Original resource extent: 298 pages ; 352 x 234 millimeters.
- - Original resource at: National Library of Israel.
- - Content in Judeo-Yemeni Arabic.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021667527
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