Maimonides' "Guide of the Perplexed" in Translation: A History from the Thirteenth Century to the Twentieth
by Josef Stern, James T. Robinson, Yonatan Shemesh
Maimonides' “Guide of the Perplexed” in Translation examines the work’s translation history from the thirteenth century to the twentieth. By focusing on the transmission and interpretation of this influential philosophical and religious text, Josef Stern, James T. Robinson, and Yonatan Shemesh present a historical study of its changing translations.
About This Book
This book examines the history of translations of Maimonides' “Guide of the Perplexed.”
Its scope extends from the thirteenth century to the twentieth century, tracing the work across a long period of intellectual and linguistic transmission.
The volume focuses on translation as a means of interpreting and presenting a major philosophical and religious text.
Josef Stern, James T. Robinson, and Yonatan Shemesh provide a collaborative study of the Guide’s translation history.
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