דלאלה אלחאירין

aka Dalālat al-ḥā'irīn, دلالة الحائرين; Moreh HaNevukhim, מורה הנבוכים

The Guide for the Perplexed

Author

Maimonides

Language

Judeo-Arabic

Year

c. 1190

Country

Egypt

Genre

Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise

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The Guide for the Perplexed, Judeo-Arabic: דלאלת אלחאירין, romanized: Dalālat al-ḥā'irīn; Arabic: دلالة الحائرين, romanized: Dalālat al-ḥā'irīn; Hebrew: מורה הנבוכים, romanized: Moreh HaNevukhim, is a 12th-century work of Jewish theology by Maimonides. It seeks to reconcile Aristotelianism with Rabbinical Jewish theology by finding rational explanations for many events in the text. It was written in Judeo-Arabic, a dialect of Classical Arabic using the Hebrew alphabet. It was sent originally, part after part, to his student, Rabbi Joseph ben Judah of Ceuta, the son of Rabbi Judah, and is the main source of Maimonides' philosophical views, as opposed to his opinions on Jewish law.