Guide for the Perplexed

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Jewish philosophical text philosophical work theological work

Guide for the Perplexed is a seminal 12th-century philosophical and theological work by Maimonides that seeks to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy with Jewish religious doctrine.

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Label Occurrences
The Guide for the Perplexed 3
Guide for the Perplexed canonical 2
Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed 1

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish philosophical text ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
theological work ⓘ
addressesAudience educated Jews troubled by philosophy and scripture ⓘ
author Maimonides ⓘ
Maimonides ⓘ
surface form: Moses Maimonides
completionDate circa 1190 ⓘ
genre philosophy ⓘ
religious philosophy ⓘ
theology ⓘ
historicalReception controversial among medieval Jewish communities ⓘ
subject of Maimonidean controversies in the 13th century ⓘ
influenceOn Christian scholasticism ⓘ
Gersonides ⓘ
Islamic philosophy ⓘ
Jewish philosophy ⓘ
Baruch Spinoza ⓘ
surface form: Spinoza

St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Aquinas

modern Jewish thought ⓘ
intendedPurpose to guide intellectually perplexed believers ⓘ
keyConcept divine simplicity ⓘ
hierarchy of beings ⓘ
intellectual perfection ⓘ
interpretation of anthropomorphic biblical language ⓘ
limits of human knowledge of God ⓘ
negative theology ⓘ
mainTheme creation and eternity of the world ⓘ
divine providence ⓘ
evil and suffering ⓘ
nature of God ⓘ
problem of anthropomorphism in scripture ⓘ
prophecy ⓘ
reconciliation of Aristotelian philosophy with Jewish theology ⓘ
relationship between reason and revelation ⓘ
notableHebrewTranslator Samuel ibn Tibbon ⓘ
notableTopic eternity versus creation ex nihilo ⓘ
interpretation of the account of creation in Genesis ⓘ
nature of prophecy as an intellectual perfection ⓘ
reasons for the commandments (ta'amei ha-mitzvot) ⓘ
originalLanguage Judeo-Arabic ⓘ
originalTitle Dalālat al-ḥāʾirīn ⓘ
surface form: Dalalat al-Ha'irin

Dalālat al-ḥāʾirīn ⓘ
part1Focus equivocal terms and anthropomorphic expressions in the Bible ⓘ
part2Focus metaphysics and creation ⓘ
part3Focus providence, evil, and the reasons for the commandments ⓘ
philosophicalCategory Aristotelianism ⓘ
surface form: Aristotelianism in Judaism

medieval philosophy ⓘ
philosophicalInfluence Al-Farabi ⓘ
Aristotle ⓘ
Averroes ⓘ
Avicenna ⓘ
Islamic philosophy ⓘ
Neoplatonism ⓘ
publicationCentury 12th century ⓘ
religiousCategory Jewish theology ⓘ
religiousLawContext Halakha ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
settingOfComposition Egypt ⓘ
structure three parts ⓘ
translatedInto English ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Latin ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judeo-Arabic → notableWorkLanguageOf → Guide for the Perplexed ⓘ
Maimonides → mainWork → Guide for the Perplexed ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Guide for the Perplexed
Dalālat al-ḥāʾirīn → translatedTitle → Guide for the Perplexed ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Guide for the Perplexed
reasons for the commandments (ta'amei ha-mitzvot) → hasKeyWork → Guide for the Perplexed ⓘ
Gersonides → wroteCommentaryOn → Guide for the Perplexed ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed
Dor Daim tradition → influencedBy → Guide for the Perplexed ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maimonides' Guide for the Perplexed
دلالة الحائرين → عنوان_بالإنجليزيّة → Guide for the Perplexed ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Guide for the Perplexed