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Maimonides' Confrontation with Mysticism
By Menachem Kellner(364 Pages)Publisher: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2006
Maimonides' vision of Judaism was deeply elitist, but at the same time profoundly universalistic. He was highly critical of the regnant Jewish culture of his day, which he perceived as so heavily influenced by ancient Jewish mysticism as to be debased. While focusing on that critique, Kellner skillfully and accessibly demonstrates how Maimonides used philosophy in order to purify a corrupted and paganized religion, and to present distinctions fundamental to Judaism as institutional, sociological, and historical, rather than ontological. In Maimonides' hands, metaphysical distinctions are translated into moral challenges. Foreword by Moshe Idel
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