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February 8, 2017

Maimonides’ Contribution to the Development of Jewish Mysticism

Communion with God in Kabbalah.

Although the medieval philosopher and scholar Moses Maimonides is generally seen (with good reason) as the epitome of Jewish rationalism, and his thought the antithesis of mysticism, Adam Afterman—the author of a recent book on the idea of mystical union with the deity in Jewish texts—argues that Maimonides made an important contribution to the history of Kabbalah. (Interview by Alan Brill.)

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