Rewriting Maimonides: Early Commentaries on the Guide of the Perplexed

Igor H. De Souza

Open Access Veröffentlicht von De Gruyter 2018

Rewriting Maimonides

Early Commentaries on the Guide of the Perplexed

Igor H. De Souza

Band 5 der Reihe Jewish Thought, Philosophy and Religion

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Maimonideanism, the intellectual culture inspired by Maimonides’ writings, has received much recent attention. Yet a central aspect of Maimonideanism has been overlooked: the formal reception of the Guide of the Perplexed through commentary.

In Rewriting Maimonides, Igor H. De Souza offers a comprehensive analysis of six early philosophical commentaries, written in Italy, Spain, and France, by some of Maimonides’ most loyal followers. The early commentaries represent the most creative period of exegesis of the Guide. De Souza’s analysis dispels the notion that the tradition of commentary on the Guide is monolithic. Rather, De Souza’s study illuminates how each commentator offers distinctive readings. Challenging the hierarchy of text and commentary, Rewriting Maimonides studies commentaries on the Guide as texts in their own right.

De Souza approaches the form of commentary as a multifaceted cultural practice. Employing historical, philosophical, and literary methods, this publication fills a lacuna in the history of the Guide through a global perspective on commentary.

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Igor H. de Souza, Yale University, New Haven, U.S.A.

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Frontmatter Open Access PDF downloaden	I
Acknowledgments Open Access PDF downloaden	V
Contents Open Access PDF downloaden	VII
Abbreviations Open Access PDF downloaden	IX
1. Commentaries on the Guide of the Perplexed: A Brief History Open Access PDF downloaden	1
2. Philosophical Commentators of the Guide, 13th–14th Centuries Open Access PDF downloaden	19
3. Moses ben Solomon of Salerno: Hebrew-English Text Open Access PDF downloaden	92
4. Shem Tov ben Joseph ibn Falaquera: English Text Open Access PDF downloaden	152
5. Zeraḥiah ben Isaac ben Sheʼaltiʼel Ḥen: Hebrew-English Text Open Access PDF downloaden	172
6. Joseph ben Abba Mari ibn Kaspi: Hebrew-English Text Open Access PDF downloaden	206
7. Moses ben Joshua ben David of Narbonne: Hebrew-English Text Open Access PDF downloaden	254
8. Commentaries on the Guide: A Synthetic Conclusion Open Access PDF downloaden	284
Bibliography Open Access PDF downloaden	292
Subject Index Open Access PDF downloaden	307
Persons Keywords Index Open Access PDF downloaden	310
Index for chapters of the Guide Open Access PDF downloaden	311

(English)

Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: De Gruyter
Copyrightjahr: 2018
Zielgruppe: Scholars of Jewish Studies, Religious Studies, Philosophy, Intellectual History, Hebrew, Medieval Studies
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- Frontmatter: 9
- Inhalt: 312
Schlagworte: Maimonides; Kommentar; Mittelalter

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Veröffentlicht: 10. September 2018
ISBN: 9783110557657

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Veröffentlicht: 10. September 2018
ISBN: 9783110557565