Miracles and the natural order in Nahmanides

Abstract

The centrality of miracles in Nahmanides' theology cannot escape the attention of even the most casual observer. and his doctrine of the hidden miracle exercised a particularly profound and abiding influence on subsequent Jewish thought. Nevertheless, his repeated emphasis on the miraculous-and particularly the unrestrained rhetoric of a few key passages-has served to obscure and distort his true position, which was far more moderate, nuanced and complex than both medieval and modern scholars have been led to believe.