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A Guide to the Guide | Lenn Goodman
Date
Tue May 20th 2025, 4:00 - 5:15pm
Event Sponsor
Department of Religious Studies
Middle Eastern Studies Forum
Taube Center for Jewish Studies
Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies
Middle Eastern Studies Forum
Taube Center for Jewish Studies
Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies
Location
Building 360
Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE), 450 Jane Stanford Way Building 360, Stanford, CA 94305
Conference Room
Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE), 450 Jane Stanford Way Building 360, Stanford, CA 94305
Conference Room
Join noted philosopher Lenn E. Goodman for a conversation about the insights he has gained over a lifetime of pondering the meaning and purpose of Maimonides' celebrated Guide to the Perplexed.
Delve into the text of the Guide, exploring Maimonides' treatments of revelation, religious practice and experience, law and ritual, the problem of evil, and the rational purposes of the commandments.
In conversation with Jewish Studies core faculty member, Ariel Mayse.
Generously co-sponsored with the Dept. of Religious Studies, the Abassi Program in Islamic Studies, and the Middle East Studies Forum.
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