{"product_id":"maimonides-and-the-book-that-changed-judaism-secrets-of-the-guide-for-the-perplexed-9780827612105","title":"Maimonides and the Book That Changed Judaism: Secrets of the Guide for the Perplexed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith his characteristic skill and insight, Micah Goodman guides us through the beauty of Jewish philosophy, uplifting us from perplexity to enlightenment.\u003c\/b\u003e--Shimon Peres, former president of the State of Israel \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA publishing sensation long at the top of the best-seller lists in Israel, the original Hebrew edition of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaimonides and the Book That Changed Judaism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e has been called the most successful book ever published in Israel on the preeminent medieval Jewish thinker Moses Maimonides. The works of Maimonides, particularly \u003ci\u003eThe Guide for the Perplexed\u003c\/i\u003e, are reckoned among the fundamental texts that influenced all subsequent Jewish philosophy and also proved to be highly influential in Christian and Islamic thought. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning subjects ranging from God, prophecy, miracles, revelation, and evil, to politics, messianism, reason in religion, and the therapeutic role of doubt, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaimonides and the Book That Changed Judaism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e elucidates the complex ideas of \u003ci\u003eThe Guide\u003c\/i\u003e in remarkably clear and engaging prose. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on his own experience as a central figure in the current Israeli renaissance of Jewish culture and spirituality, Micah Goodman brings Maimonides's masterwork into dialogue with the intellectual and spiritual worlds of twenty-first-century readers. Goodman contends that in Maimonides's view, the Torah's purpose is not to bring clarity about God but rather to make us realize that we do not understand God at all; not to resolve inscrutable religious issues but to give us insight into the true nature and purpose of our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMicah Goodman is a lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a research fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, and the director of Israel's Ein Prat Midrasha. A prominent public intellectual, he is a leading voice on Judaism, Zionism, the Bible, and the challenges and opportunities facing Israel and contemporary world Jewry. He is the author of three best-sellers in Hebrew on canonical Jewish texts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jewish Publication Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50692915495186,"sku":"9780827612105","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8756f0a4-afb1-4c05-94c3-67416b539f81.jpg?v=1734137992","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/maimonides-and-the-book-that-changed-judaism-secrets-of-the-guide-for-the-perplexed-9780827612105","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}