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Maimonides and His Philosophical Critics
While some rejected his rationalism, others met him on his own ground.
As the seminal works of the great talmudic scholar and theologian, Moses Maimonides, spread across North Africa, Europe, and the Middle East, they almost instantly attracted both admiration and criticism. Some of his opponents simply rejected his rationalist approach, deeply influenced by Aristotle and contemporary Islamic thought. Others—such as the French rabbi and polymath Levi Gersonides (1288–1344)—engaged in philosophic combat with him on his own rationalist ground. It is the latter group that are the focus of this conversation between Tamar Rudavsky and J.J. Kimche. (Audio, 62 minutes.)
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