The Hermeneutical Tendency of Torah According to Moses Ben Maimon Philosophy in the light of his book ”Guide for the perplexed”

Abstract

This article discusses the interpretive efforts of the Jewish philosopher and Tanakh scholar Moses Maimonides, through his book "Guide for the Perplexed ", which he wrote in the aim of reconciling Jewish law and philosophy. He deliberately eliminated the physical and sensual image of God and extracted concepts that purify the attributes of God, by distinguishing two levels of interpretation: one mystical and the other apparent. Through his esoteric reading of the Jewish Scriptures, he deliberately banished this physical and sensual image of God and extracted purifying concepts from the attributes of God, using Aristotelian and Islamic philosophy.