James Arthur Diamond is Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Chair of Jewish Studies at the University of Waterloo.
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction The Poetry of Midrash and Heterogeneity of Scripture
1
(12)
Midrash on Midrash: Self-Reflexive Discourse in the Guide
13
(16)
Shir Hashirim Rabbah 1:8 and the Parabolic Method
13
(7)
Genesis Rabbah 9 and Flash Technique
20
(3)
Genesis Rabbah 27 and Prophetic Radicalism
23
(6)
Intertextual Foils in the Guide: Jacob vs. The Married Harlot
29
(14)
Parabolic Precision vs. Parabolic Flourish
29
(2)
Solomon's Married Harlot as Foil to Jacob
31
(12)
``The Lord hath forsaken the earth'': An Interlude on the Dilemma of Providence in Maimonides
43
(6)
Divine Immutability and Providence: Chapters I:10-15--Prelude to the Secret of Jacob's Ladder
49
(36)
Punishment as Cipher for Pre-eternal Will
52
(1)
The Sitting of Indifference
53
(1)
Rising and the Role of Metatron
54
(11)
Standing on the Mount of Olives: The Intellectualization of a Messianic Vision
65
(6)
Adam: Situating Man in the Providential Scheme
71
(7)
Moses: The Paragon of an Elitist Providence
78
(7)
The Seven Units of Jacob's Ladder and Their Message
85
(46)
``Ladder''
85
(3)
``Set up on earth''
88
(1)
``And the top of it reached Heaven''
89
(18)
``Angels of God'' (elohim)
107
(6)
``Ascending and descending''
113
(7)
``And behold the Lord stood above it''
120
(3)
The Coalescence of Three Interpretations
123
(8)
Chapter III: 24 of the Guide: ``Trial''--The Bridge between Metaphysics and Law
131
(20)
Trial Passages
135
(12)
Omission of a Trial Passage: Bitter Waters and Perfect Law
147
(2)
The Quarry of Efficient Causality
149
(2)
Reflections on the Ultimate Verses of the Guide
151
(8)
Conclusion Text and Prooftext: An Abrahamic/Mosaic Joint Venture toward Enlightenment
159
(4)
Notes
163
(46)
Bibliography
209
(14)
Index
223
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