The Guide of the Perplexed, Volume 1 Translated by Shlomo Pines. With an Introductory Essay by Leo Strauss. With an Introduction and Note

This monument of rabbinical exegesis written at the end of the twelfth century has exerted an immense and continuing influence upon Jewish thought. Its aim is to liberate people from the tormenting perplexities arising from their understanding of the Bible according only to its literal meaning. This edition contains extensive introductions by Shlomo Pines and Leo Strauss, a leading authority on Maimonides.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
How To Begin To Study The Guide of the Perplexed
by Leo Strauss
Translator's Introduction
The Guide of the Perplexed
Part I