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Hysterical amnesia.
March 5, 2026
A Different View of Medieval Jewish Rationalism
Maimonides, Yehuda Halevi, and Andalusian philosophical mysticism.
In histories of Jewish thought, Moses Maimonides is often held up, with good reason, as the paragon of rationalism and contrasted to the practitioners of Kabbalah in subsequent generations. His ideas are also contrasted to those of his fellow Andalusian Yehuda Halevi, who, rather than try to synthesize Judaism and Aristotelian philosophy, instead described classical philosophy as a rival of Judaism, akin to Christianity and Islam.
March 5, 2026
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A Different View of Medieval Jewish Rationalism
Maimonides, Yehuda Halevi, and Andalusian philosophical mysticism.