Maimonides' Disagreement with 'The Torah' in His Interpretation of Job.
Date
2004
Authors
Cohen, Mordechai Z.
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Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2002- ; Brill
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Abstract
Maimonides is celebrated in Jewish intellectual history both as a bold innovator and vigorous champion of rabbinic tradition. The tensions implied by this combination emerge in his reading of Job in The Guide of the Perplexed III.22-23. particularly where he seems to take issue with the Torah itself. Though somewhat of an overstatement, this apparent disagreement reveals much about Maimonides’ endeavour to find his own voice within the Hebrew literary tradition.
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scholarly article / open access
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Maimonides, biblical interpretation, Job, Iyov
Citation
Cohen, Mordechai Z. “Maimonides’ Disagreements with ‘The Torah’ and Talmud in His Interpretation of Job,” Zutot: Perspectives on Jewish Culture 4 (2004): 66–78.