Fall/Winter Timetable
POL421H1S L0101
Graduate Course Code: RLG3622H1S L0101
Maimonides and His Modern Interpreters
Themes
The course offers an introduction to the seminal work of Jewish philosophy, The Guide of the Perplexed, by Moses Maimonides. We will delve into some of the basic themes of Jewish philosophical theology and religion as they are treated by Maimonides. Through close textual study of the Guide, a broad range of such topics might be considered, such as: the question of biblical interpretation and its proper method; dialectical theology and the status of imagination; what is prophecy and revelation?; providence; theodicy and the problem of evil; divine law versus human law; what is the perfect state or political order, and how is it best achieved?; the search for wisdom and the character of human perfection. Readings in some of the leading modern interpreters of Maimonides and the Guide (such as Julius Guttmann, Leo Strauss, and Shlomo Pines) will also be examined.
Prerequisites
POL200Y1/ POL200Y5/( POLC70H3, POLC71H3)
Exclusions
RLG443H1
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