The classic translation of this most important medieval Jewish text, presented in one volume for the first time.
The twelfth-century Judeo-Arabic text
The Guide of the Perplexed
is a monument of rabbinical exegesis and one of the most important works in the history of Jewish thought. Written by Moses ben Maimon,commonly known as Maimonides, the
Guide
aims to liberate people from the perplexities that arise from an understanding of the Bible based only on its literal meaning.
Shlomo Pines’s translation has served students and scholars for decades, and it is presented here, with Leo Strauss’s influential introduction, in one volume for the first time.