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v. t. e. Moses ben Maimon [a] (1138–1204), commonly known as Maimonides ( / maɪˈmɒnɪdiːz / my-MON-ih-deez) [b] and also referred to by the Hebrew acronym Rambam ( Hebrew: רמב״ם ), [c] was a Sephardic rabbi and philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages.
The unity of God is stated many times in Jewish tradition. It is the second of Maimonides 's 13 principles of faith; Maimonides wrote that, "This God is One, not two or more than two, but One whose unity is different from all other unities that there are. He is not one as a genus, which contains many species, is one.
His most important work, Rosh Amanah ("The Pinnacle of Faith"), defends Maimonides' thirteen articles of belief against attacks of Hasdai Crescas and Yosef Albo. Rosh Amanah ends with the statement that "Maimonides compiled these articles merely in accordance with the fashion of other nations, which set up axioms or fundamental principles for ...
Maimonides' 13 principles of faith includes the concept that God has no body and that physical concepts do not apply to him. [13] In the " Yigdal " prayer, found towards the beginning of the Jewish prayer books used in synagogues around the world, it states "He has no semblance of a body nor is He corporeal".
The Guide for the Perplexed. The Guide for the Perplexed ( Arabic: دلالة الحائرين, romanized : Dalālat al-ḥā'irīn, דלאלת אלחאירין; Hebrew: מורה הנבוכים, romanized : Moreh HaNevukhim) is a work of Jewish theology by Maimonides. It seeks to reconcile Aristotelianism with Rabbinical Jewish theology by ...
According to some, the Thirteen Attributes begin with the first "Adonai", in verse 6, and end with the word "ve-nakeh" in verse 7. [9] The single attributes are contained in the verses as follows: יְהוָה YHVH (compassion before a person sins [10] ); יְהוָה YHVH (compassion after a person has sinned [10] ); אֵל El ...
Menachem Kellner. Menachem Kellner. Menachem Kellner (born 1946) is an American-Israeli academic and Jewish scholar of medieval Jewish philosophy with a particular focus on the philosophy of Maimonides. He is a retired Professor of Jewish Thought at the University of Haifa and is the founding chair of the Department of Philosophy and Jewish ...
Sefer Hamitzvot ("Book of Commandments", Hebrew: ספר המצוות) is a work by the 12th-century rabbi, philosopher and physician, Maimonides. While there are various other works titled similarly, the title " Sefer Hamitzvot " without a modifier refers to Maimonides' work. It is a listing of all the commandments of the Torah, with a brief ...