Guide for the Perplexed

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Guide for the Perplexed is a seminal 12th-century philosophical and theological work by Maimonides that seeks to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy with Jewish religious doctrine.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish philosophical text ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
theological work ⓘ
addressesAudience educated Jews troubled by philosophy and scripture ⓘ
author Maimonides ⓘ
Moses Maimonides ⓘ
linked to: Maimonides
completionDate circa 1190 ⓘ
genre philosophy ⓘ
religious philosophy ⓘ
theology ⓘ
historicalReception controversial among medieval Jewish communities ⓘ
subject of Maimonidean controversies in the 13th century ⓘ
influenceOn Christian scholasticism ⓘ
Gersonides ⓘ
Islamic philosophy ⓘ
Jewish philosophy ⓘ
Spinoza ⓘ
linked to: Baruch Spinoza

Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas

modern Jewish thought ⓘ
intendedPurpose to guide intellectually perplexed believers ⓘ
keyConcept divine simplicity ⓘ
hierarchy of beings ⓘ
intellectual perfection ⓘ
interpretation of anthropomorphic biblical language ⓘ
limits of human knowledge of God ⓘ
negative theology ⓘ
mainTheme creation and eternity of the world ⓘ
divine providence ⓘ
evil and suffering ⓘ
nature of God ⓘ
problem of anthropomorphism in scripture ⓘ
prophecy ⓘ
reconciliation of Aristotelian philosophy with Jewish theology ⓘ
relationship between reason and revelation ⓘ
notableHebrewTranslator Samuel ibn Tibbon ⓘ
notableTopic eternity versus creation ex nihilo ⓘ
interpretation of the account of creation in Genesis ⓘ
nature of prophecy as an intellectual perfection ⓘ
reasons for the commandments (ta'amei ha-mitzvot) ⓘ
originalLanguage Judeo-Arabic ⓘ
originalTitle Dalalat al-Ha'irin ⓘ
Dalālat al-ḥāʾirīn ⓘ
part1Focus equivocal terms and anthropomorphic expressions in the Bible ⓘ
part2Focus metaphysics and creation ⓘ
part3Focus providence, evil, and the reasons for the commandments ⓘ
philosophicalCategory Aristotelianism in Judaism ⓘ
linked to: Aristotelianism

medieval philosophy ⓘ
philosophicalInfluence Al-Farabi ⓘ
Aristotle ⓘ
Averroes ⓘ
Avicenna ⓘ
Islamic philosophy ⓘ
Neoplatonism ⓘ
publicationCentury 12th century ⓘ
religiousCategory Jewish theology ⓘ
religiousLawContext Halakha ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
settingOfComposition Egypt ⓘ
structure three parts ⓘ
translatedInto English ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Latin ⓘ

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Judeo-Arabic → notableWorkLanguageOf → Guide for the Perplexed ⓘ
Maimonides → mainWork → The Guide for the Perplexed ⓘ
linked to: Guide for the Perplexed
Dalālat al-ḥāʾirīn → translatedTitle → The Guide for the Perplexed ⓘ
linked to: Guide for the Perplexed
Gersonides → wroteCommentaryOn → Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed ⓘ
linked to: Guide for the Perplexed
Dor Daim tradition → influencedBy → Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed ⓘ
linked to: Guide for the Perplexed
دلالة الحائرين → عنوان_بالإنجليزيّة → The Guide for the Perplexed ⓘ
linked to: Guide for the Perplexed
Sefer ha-Ikkarim → influencedBy → Guide of the Perplexed ⓘ
linked to: Guide for the Perplexed