Rewriting Maimonides early commentaries on the Guide of the Perplexed
"Commentaries on the Guide of the Perplexed occupy a central but neglected place in the history of Jewish thought. In the first study on the subject, Igor De Souza examines this dynamic tradition in its most creative period. Rather than mere interpretation, De Souza reads commentaries as texts...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin
De Gruyter
2018, [2018]
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| Edition: | Edition 1 |
| Series: | Jewish thought, philosophy and religion
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | "Commentaries on the Guide of the Perplexed occupy a central but neglected place in the history of Jewish thought. In the first study on the subject, Igor De Souza examines this dynamic tradition in its most creative period. Rather than mere interpretation, De Souza reads commentaries as texts in their own right. At the same time, he illustrates how texts are reimagined through commentary, and repurposed for new generations of readers"-- |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 312 pages |
| ISBN: | 3110557657 3110557568 9783110557565 3110557975 |