Tag Archives: Maimonides

Day Into Night (The Book of Job at the New York State Fair, 2013)

Posted on September 3, 2013 by zjb

I was at the New York State Fair reading about Maimonides reading the Book of Job. The discussion has to do with scale, the vicissitudes of human suffering in relation to divine providence and the creaturely world at large. And … Continue reading →

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Maimonides (Luxe Edition)

Posted on November 7, 2012 by zjb

[Samuel ibn Tibbon, Hebrew translation of Maimonides, Guide of the Perplexed (Spain, 1300)] This luxe edition throws a different light upon the Guide of the Perplexed, Maimonides, and medieval rationalism. I love the aristocratic elegance, the abstract and organic components, … Continue reading →

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Maimonides and Visual Sensation (Aesthetics)

Posted on August 27, 2012 by zjb

(Mark Rothko, Orange Red Yellow [1961]) My article on Maimonides and the visual imagination was just published, included as part of the published proceedings of a conference on Maimonides and Kant held some time back at Arizona State University. It … Continue reading →

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