Books in the Chicago Studies in History of Judaism CSHJ series

In this comprehensive study, Marvin Fox offers an approach to Moses Maimonides that illuminates the intersections of his philosophical, religious, and Jewish visions--ideas that have embattled readers of Maimonides since the twelfth century.

Presents an argument that because of the political need to defend its claims to religious authenticity, Judaism was forced to review itself in the context of a triumphant Christianity. This book shows that both religious groups turned to the same corpus of Hebrew scripture to examine the same fundamental issues.