Title | Did Maimonides Recommend Reading Averroes’ Commentaries on Aristotle? |
Type | Article |
Language | English |
Date | 2021 |
Journal | Jewish Studies Quarterly |
Volume | 28 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 159–190 |
Categories | Maimonides, Commentary |
Author(s) | Steven Harvey |
Publisher(s) | |
Translator(s) |
An article published in 2016 by Doron Forte claimed that the universally cited version of the concluding bibliographical section of Maimonides' letter to the translator of the Guide of the Perplexed, Samuel Ibn Tibbon, is both late and corrupt (Jewish Studies Quarterly 23). This claim entails that Maimonides did not recommend Averroes' commentaries on Aristotle in the letter. The current paper argues against this claim. It comprises seven considerations: two philological (based on testimonia Forte chose to ignore), two terminological and three just common sense. I present these considerations as complementary, one supporting the other, that together make clear that the most-often cited version of the letter is very old, the most reliable and likely the most authentic version. In fact, current evidence now points to Ibn Tibbon as the translator of this version, which shows that Maimonides indeed recommended Averroes' commentaries in this letter. |
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Title | Averroes and Maimonides on Equivocal Terms in the Qur’ân and the Torah |
Type | Article |
Language | English |
Date | 2019 |
Journal | The Muslim World |
Volume | 109 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 615–626 |
Categories | Maimonides, Theology |
Author(s) | Terence J. Kleven |
Publisher(s) | |
Translator(s) |
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Title | Philosophy and the Metaphorical Interpretation of Religious Texts in Averroes, Maimonides, and Aquinas |
Type | Article |
Language | English |
Date | 2019 |
Journal | The Muslim World |
Volume | 109 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 627–647 |
Categories | Maimonides, Thomas, Theology, Relation between Philosophy and Theology |
Author(s) | Francisco J. Romero Carrasquillo |
Publisher(s) | |
Translator(s) |
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Title | The Literary Corpus of Maimonides and Averroes |
Type | Article |
Language | English |
Date | 2008 |
Journal | Maimonidean Studies |
Volume | 5 |
Pages | 223–241 |
Categories | Maimonides, Surveys |
Author(s) | Sarah Stroumsa |
Publisher(s) | |
Translator(s) |
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Title | Philosophy and Exegesis in al-Fārābī, Averroes, and Maimonides |
Type | Article |
Language | undefined |
Date | 2008 |
Journal | Laval théologique et philosophique, |
Volume | 64 |
Pages | 105–125 |
Categories | al-Fārābī, Maimonides |
Author(s) | Carlos Fraenkel |
Publisher(s) | |
Translator(s) |
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Title | Maimonides, Averroes, and Samuel Ibn Tibbon on a Skandalon of Medieval Science |
Type | Article |
Language | English |
Date | 2008 |
Journal | Aleph. Historical Studies in Science and Judaism |
Volume | 8 |
Pages | 195–212 |
Categories | Maimonides, Cosmology, Tradition and Reception |
Author(s) | Carlos Fraenkel |
Publisher(s) | |
Translator(s) |
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Title | Averroes, Maimónides y la crisis en la comunidad judía medieval |
Type | Article |
Language | Spanish |
Date | 2005 |
Journal | Anales del Seminario de Historia de la Filosofía |
Volume | 22 |
Pages | 111–123 |
Categories | Tradition and Reception, Maimonides |
Author(s) | Ahmed Chahlane |
Publisher(s) | |
Translator(s) |
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Title | Maimonides on Divine Knowledge. Moses of Narbonne's Averroist Reading |
Type | Article |
Language | English |
Date | 2002 |
Journal | American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly |
Volume | 76 |
Pages | 51–74 |
Categories | Averroism, Maimonides |
Author(s) | Charles H. Manekin |
Publisher(s) | |
Translator(s) |
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Title | Religion and Philosophy in Maimonides, Averroes, and Aquinas |
Type | Article |
Language | English |
Date | 2002 |
Journal | Medieval Encounters |
Volume | 8 |
Pages | 160–183 |
Categories | Theology, Maimonides, Aquinas |
Author(s) | Joseph A. Buijs |
Publisher(s) | |
Translator(s) |
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Title | Averroes and Maimonides on Equivocal Terms in the Qur’ân and the Torah |
Type | Article |
Language | English |
Date | 2019 |
Journal | The Muslim World |
Volume | 109 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 615–626 |
Categories | Maimonides, Theology |
Author(s) | Terence J. Kleven |
Publisher(s) | |
Translator(s) |
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Title | Averroes, Maimónides y la crisis en la comunidad judía medieval |
Type | Article |
Language | Spanish |
Date | 2005 |
Journal | Anales del Seminario de Historia de la Filosofía |
Volume | 22 |
Pages | 111–123 |
Categories | Tradition and Reception, Maimonides |
Author(s) | Ahmed Chahlane |
Publisher(s) | |
Translator(s) |
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Title | Did Maimonides Recommend Reading Averroes’ Commentaries on Aristotle? |
Type | Article |
Language | English |
Date | 2021 |
Journal | Jewish Studies Quarterly |
Volume | 28 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 159–190 |
Categories | Maimonides, Commentary |
Author(s) | Steven Harvey |
Publisher(s) | |
Translator(s) |
An article published in 2016 by Doron Forte claimed that the universally cited version of the concluding bibliographical section of Maimonides' letter to the translator of the Guide of the Perplexed, Samuel Ibn Tibbon, is both late and corrupt (Jewish Studies Quarterly 23). This claim entails that Maimonides did not recommend Averroes' commentaries on Aristotle in the letter. The current paper argues against this claim. It comprises seven considerations: two philological (based on testimonia Forte chose to ignore), two terminological and three just common sense. I present these considerations as complementary, one supporting the other, that together make clear that the most-often cited version of the letter is very old, the most reliable and likely the most authentic version. In fact, current evidence now points to Ibn Tibbon as the translator of this version, which shows that Maimonides indeed recommended Averroes' commentaries in this letter. |
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Title | Maimonides on Divine Knowledge. Moses of Narbonne's Averroist Reading |
Type | Article |
Language | English |
Date | 2002 |
Journal | American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly |
Volume | 76 |
Pages | 51–74 |
Categories | Averroism, Maimonides |
Author(s) | Charles H. Manekin |
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Title | Maimonides, Averroes, and Samuel Ibn Tibbon on a Skandalon of Medieval Science |
Type | Article |
Language | English |
Date | 2008 |
Journal | Aleph. Historical Studies in Science and Judaism |
Volume | 8 |
Pages | 195–212 |
Categories | Maimonides, Cosmology, Tradition and Reception |
Author(s) | Carlos Fraenkel |
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Title | Philosophy and Exegesis in al-Fārābī, Averroes, and Maimonides |
Type | Article |
Language | undefined |
Date | 2008 |
Journal | Laval théologique et philosophique, |
Volume | 64 |
Pages | 105–125 |
Categories | al-Fārābī, Maimonides |
Author(s) | Carlos Fraenkel |
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Title | Philosophy and the Metaphorical Interpretation of Religious Texts in Averroes, Maimonides, and Aquinas |
Type | Article |
Language | English |
Date | 2019 |
Journal | The Muslim World |
Volume | 109 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 627–647 |
Categories | Maimonides, Thomas, Theology, Relation between Philosophy and Theology |
Author(s) | Francisco J. Romero Carrasquillo |
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Title | Religion and Philosophy in Maimonides, Averroes, and Aquinas |
Type | Article |
Language | English |
Date | 2002 |
Journal | Medieval Encounters |
Volume | 8 |
Pages | 160–183 |
Categories | Theology, Maimonides, Aquinas |
Author(s) | Joseph A. Buijs |
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Title | The Literary Corpus of Maimonides and Averroes |
Type | Article |
Language | English |
Date | 2008 |
Journal | Maimonidean Studies |
Volume | 5 |
Pages | 223–241 |
Categories | Maimonides, Surveys |
Author(s) | Sarah Stroumsa |
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