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Title: The Guide of the Perplexed, Vol. 1 by Moses Maimonides, Shlomo Pines, Leo Strauss ISBN: 0-226-50230-9 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: December, 1974 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Great Way In To A Great Book
Comment: Since Amazon is lumping reviews of all 'Guide' translations together, this one is of the Guttman/Rabin translation/abridgement published by Hackett. To me, it might be called a godsend, since I first tried a headlong assault on an unabridged version, which quickly wore me down with its endless examples of words with multple senses and anthropomorphic references to God. Where's the beef? I wondered. This edition gets the novice reader straight to the meaty matters Maimonides considers, such as whether the universe was created or not, what the nature of prophecy is, what can be understood or even said about God, how the Bible can be reconciled to philosophy, and how traditional practices are to be viewed. His answers won't satisfy fundamentalists, either Jewish or Christian, but his discussion is always challenging, and mostly clear-minded (he lost me with many of his thoughts on the spheres, since in this area he was manifestly out of his depth). This abridgement is about 1/4 of the original, but the arrangement has a good, logical flow. The 1940's-early 50's translation is very readable, though the scriptural quotes leave something to be desired in the clear, modern English department. One additional factor that jumps out at me from the text is the sheer force of Maimonides personality. (I have the feeling he wouldn't approve of me studying him, but his work may yet have a salutary effect on my life, reluctant as he would have been to teach someone like me!) Be prepared to meet a great man.
Rating: 5
Summary: I would like to correspond with other readers of "Guide"
Comment: Rambam knocks me over. This is an amazing work. This is one of the most important books in any language. This translation by Pines is excellent, clear, simple, unobtrusive, and has just the right small amount of clarifying notes.
The Guide clearly should be studied with others. I would like to discuss each chapter with other people as we read (and maybe re-read) them. My email address is my firstnamelastname at yahoo dot com.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best translation of an essential work
Comment: This is volume one of a two volume set, so be sure to get both volumes. Volume one contains two interpretive essays, one by Leo Strauss and one by the translator, the former alone making this translation worthy of purchase, according to the Times Literary Supplement. Maimonides' work itself is an intentionally tangled web of reason, not to be undertaken by the casual reader; such a reader will leave disappointed with its obscure style. Maimonides assumes a great deal of Scriptural knowledge and a familiarity with the most important commentators of his time. Nevertheless, for those willing to put in the effort both in learning the fundamentals of religion and in exploring an almost endless maze of logic, Maimonides will sketch the outlines of his view of philosophy and faith.
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Title: Ethical Writings of Maimonides by Maimonides ISBN: 0486245225 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 September, 1983 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Maimonides Reader by Isadore Twersky ISBN: 0874412064 Publisher: Behrman House Pub. Date: December, 1989 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: Maimonides: A Guide for Today's Perplexed by Kenneth Seeskin ISBN: 0874415098 Publisher: Behrman House Pub. Date: October, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Guide for the Perplexed by Moses Maimonides ISBN: 0486203514 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Persecution and the Art of Writing by Leo Strauss ISBN: 0226777111 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: October, 1988 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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