Introducing the genius philosopher, torah scholar and physician, the man whose books were banned and burned and still went on to change the face of Judaism; Moses Maimonides, the Rambam.
In collaboration with @TheEsotericaChannel and @LetsTalkReligion
Full “Maimonides and Mysticism” Series: [ Ссылка ]
1 Biography: Who was Maimonides? The Genius who Reshaped Judaism: His Life, Works and Legacy: [ Ссылка ]
2 Literature Review: Survey of Scholars on Rambam - The Many Maimonides, from 13th-21st Century: [ Ссылка ]
3 Reception History: Maimonides and the Kabbalists: Rejection, Acceptance, Influence and Secret Conversions: [ Ссылка ]
4 Clarifying Terms: Kabbalah, Mysticism and Rationalism: Maimonides the Rational Mystic? [ Ссылка ]
5 A Guide to the Guide: Introducing the Greatest Book of Jewish Philosophy Ever Written: [ Ссылка ]
6 The Forgery: The Theology of Aristotle and Maimonides Negative Theology: [ Ссылка ]
7 Cosmology and Prophecy: Maimonides on Cosmic Spheres, Flow, Active Intellect, Prophecy and Angelification: [ Ссылка ]
8 How to Unite with the Mind of God: Maimonides’ Epistemology (theory of knowledge) and Providence: [ Ссылка ]
9 Maimonides’ Perfect Death: Walkthru of Guide 3.51, Maimonides’ Parable of the Palace: [ Ссылка ]
10 Maimonides’ Path to God: 3.51’s primary themes, language and its relationship to mysticism and kabbalah: [ Ссылка ]
11 Light, Love and Silence: Maimonides’ Divine Illumination, Religious Langue and Negative Theology: [ Ссылка ]
12 Maimonides, Agnostic or Mystic: Does Maimonides believe that one can reach God?: [ Ссылка ]
13 Maimonides’ Last Puzzle: The Riddle at the End of the Guide, Maimonides’ Turn to Ethics: [ Ссылка ]
14 Maimonides and the Lost Secrets of Israel: Maimonides’ true goal of the Guide: [ Ссылка ]
Bonus:
15 Maimonides’ Hasidic Afterlife: Chabad and Rambam. Maimonides’ reception in the Chabad Hasidic movement: [ Ссылка ]
16 Maimonides’ Crisis of Faith: Discussion with David Fried out what is going on in Maimonides’ Guide: [ Ссылка ]
00:00 Intro
02:05 His Life
04:07 His Work
15:01 His Legacy
17:28 Next Week
Maimonides timeline:
1138 Born in Cordoba, Spain under Almoravid rule.
1148 Cordoba invaded by the Almohades. Maimonides flees.
1158 Maimonides starts work on intercalation and Astronomy
1160 Family surfaces in Fez, the Almohad capital in Morocco.
1165 Family spends 6 months in Acre before leaving for Cairo
1168 Maimonides finishes his commentary on the Mishna
1170 Writes the Sefer haMitzvot on the 613 commandments.
1171 He is appointed the Head of Jews in Fostat, Cairo.
1171 Saladin/Ayyubids replace the Fatimid dynasty in Egypt.
1180 Finishes the Mishneh Torah, his legal magnum opus.
1185? Maimonides becomes doctor of al-Fadil, Saladin’s vizier.
1190 Finishes the Moreh Nevuchim (Guide for the Perplexed).
1204 Maimonides passes away.
Maimonides works (selection):
Treatise on Logic, Millot ha-Higayon
Commentary on the Mishna, Pirush HaMishnayot
Book of the Commandments, Sefer haMitzvot
Mishneh Torah, Yad HaChazakah
The Guide for the Perplexed, Moreh Nevuchim
Letter to the Jews of Yemen, Iggeret Teiman
Treatise on Resurrection, Maamar Tekhiyat HaMetim
Iggeret HaShmad, Maamar Kiddush HaShem
Mark Daniels, The Perplexing Nature of the Guide for the Perplexed, Philosophy Now, Issue 50
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