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March 28, 2024

Maimonides’ Holistic Vision Integrated Law and Philosophy, Science and Faith, Talmud and Aristotle—without Compromising

Will the real Rambam please step forward?

How to interpret the work of the towering Jewish thinker Moses Maimonides was the subject of a great debate between two of the 20th century’s foremost Jewish scholars: the political theorist Leo Strauss of the University of Chicago, and the medievalist (and hasidic rebbe) Isadore Twersky of Harvard. In this fascinating analysis, Warren Zev Harvey outlines the terms of the debate and makes the case for why Twersky was right:

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