Rewriting Jewish Intellectual History: A Review of Sefer Chaim Be’Emunasom Part 6: Rambam’s Moreh Nevuchim Chapters 66 through 70 are devoted to the Moreh Nevuchim, which is the thorn in the side of anyone trying to deny the authenticity of the rationalist approach. After all, in the Moreh Nevuchim, Rambam does everything that R. Schmeltzer defines as being heretical: denying the truth of some of Chazal’s statements, interpreting many of Chazal’s statements allegorically, deriving truth from secular philosophy, and interpreting many parts of the Written Torah allegorically. R. Schmeltzer provides several ways of doing away with the Moreh:
Rambam’s Moreh Nevuchim
Rambam’s Moreh Nevuchim
Rambam’s Moreh Nevuchim
Rewriting Jewish Intellectual History: A Review of Sefer Chaim Be’Emunasom Part 6: Rambam’s Moreh Nevuchim Chapters 66 through 70 are devoted to the Moreh Nevuchim, which is the thorn in the side of anyone trying to deny the authenticity of the rationalist approach. After all, in the Moreh Nevuchim, Rambam does everything that R. Schmeltzer defines as being heretical: denying the truth of some of Chazal’s statements, interpreting many of Chazal’s statements allegorically, deriving truth from secular philosophy, and interpreting many parts of the Written Torah allegorically. R. Schmeltzer provides several ways of doing away with the Moreh: