Executive Briefing: The Synthesis of Reason and Revelation
Moses Maimonides’ Moreh Nevukhim provided an intellectual compass for educated Jews perplexed by apparent contradictions between biblical anthropomorphisms and Aristotelian natural science.
1. Negative Theology and Anthropomorphism
Maimonides argued that biblical descriptions of God’s “hand,” “wrath,” or “throne” are allegories adapted to human perceptual limits (*”The Torah speaks in the language of human beings”*).
2. References
- Maimonides, M. (1190). The Guide of the Perplexed. Translated by S. Pines (1963). University of Chicago Press.