maimonides

The man who penned landmark works on Jewish law and philosophy also deeply identified with the communities and individuals who sought his counsel.

In his landmark philosophical work, The Guide to the Perplexed, Maimonides sought to put Judaism on a rational footing.

Maimonides' extensive writings on Jewish law, or halachah, remain an unsurpassed accomplishment.

Maimonides has long been a figure of extraordinary authority. Yet his understanding of Judaism was highly controversial.

Considered by many to be the most influential Jewish thinker of all time, Moses Maimonides inspired passionate followers and equally ...

A philosopher, physician, rabbinic scholar and more, Maimonides was the most famous Jew of the premodern age.

Maimonides' halachic magnum opus.

One of the greatest Jewish scholars of all time, he was both a traditionalist and an innovator.

Maimonides' theological principles were never unanimously embraced.

The Guide for the Perplexed tells us more about what God isn't than what God is.