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nonfiction
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Product details
- ISBN 9780226502304
- Weight: 794g
- Dimensions: 21 x 25mm
- Publication Date: 15 Dec 1974
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This monument of rabbinical exegesis written at the end of the twelfth century has exerted an immense and continuing influednce upon Jewish thought. Its aim is to liberate people from the tormenting perplexities arising from their understanding of the Bible according only to its literal meaning. This edition contains extensive introductions by Shlomo Pines and Leo Strauss, a leading authority on Maimonides.
