A challenging look at two great Jewish philosophers, and what their thinking means to our understanding of God, truth, revelation and reason.
Moses Maimonides (1138-1204) is Jewish history's greatest exponent of a rational, philosophically sound Judaism. He strove to reconcile the teachings of the Bible and rabbinic tradition with the principles of Aristotelian philosophy, arguing that religion and philosophy ultimately must arrive at the same truth.
Baruch Spinoza (1632-77) is Jewish history's most illustrious "heretic." He believed that truth could be attained through...
A challenging look at two great Jewish philosophers, and what their thinking means to our understanding of God, truth, revelation and reason.