Reinventing Maimonides in Contemporary Jewish Thought

by Menachem Kellner and James A. Diamond

Book Overview

Every work on Jewish thought and law since the twelfth century bears the imprint of Maimonides. A. N. Whitehead's famous dictum that the entire European philosophical tradition 'consists of a series of footnotes to Plato' could equally characterize Maimonides' place in the Jewish tradition. The critical studies in this volume explore how Orthodox rabbis of different orientations--Shlomo Aviner, Naftali Zvi Yehudah Berlin (Netziv), Kalonymus Kalman...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1835539955
• ISBN13: 9781835539958
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
• Length: 248 Pages