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February 5, 2015

Maimonides: Pious Believer or Secret Skeptic?

One of the great debates about Moses Maimonides’ philosophical magnum opus, the Guide of the Perplexed, concerns the degree to which it should be taken at face value. Was Maimonides a true believer in a synthesis of reason and revealed religion, or was a he a skeptic who, between the lines, hid his belief in an impersonal and purely philosophical God? In a recent study, Moshe Halbertal delves into this question; Daniel Davies draws his own conclusions:

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February 5, 2015

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