Moses Maimonides (Rambam's Commentary Of The Mishnah Torah?

Moses Maimonides (RamBam) has extensively upheld the Jewish tradition by his contributions of the Commentary of the Mishnah, The Mishnah Torah and The Guide for the perplexed. RamBam was a sephardic Jew who was an educated philosopher in the 12th century that was looked up to by many individuals. He came from a line of judges and he was an expertise in astronomy, medicine and philosophy. He derived from an Islamic context where the diaspora situated Jewish adherents in many places, leaving a ‘missing link’ to their religion. Significantly, Moses Maimonides sought to unify the religion by providing adherents his contributions, enabling them to strengthen their covenant with G-d and thus passionately upholding their faith.

The Commentary

Written in Judeo-Arabic, RamBam attempted to address these contradictions, between faith and science by dealing with the doctrine of Judaism. The text aimed its audience to the students studying there religion and philosophy at the time. Accordingly, debates occurred in regards to the facet of Anthropomorphism, the attribution of human characteristics or behaviour on G-d. Greek philosopher Aristotle had penetrated his philosophy of the nature of G-d and explanations of the supernatural world. Rambam addressed the concerns and queries in his contribution. He came to the conclusion that several Jews accepted the biblical expressions too literally. For example, “Finger of G-d” instead communicates a touch or a sense of God's presence instead of its literal words of the almighty consisting fingers. It initially rose by the discussion of Greek philosopher Aristotle whose thoughts penetrated the areas in discussing upon the nature of G-d and explanations of the supernatural world. Maimonides argued in the Guide for the Perplexed that if taking the bible literally contravened reason then it should not be taken literally. In conclusion, Maimonides stated that the beliefs of G-d in Judaism can co-exist with those beliefs in Greek Philosophy. Therefore, Maimonides contributed to assist the everyday Jew to attain more knowledge of G-d and thus more knowledge of their