Excellent review. Harsh, but necessary and justified. There are many other examples the reviewer could have given to show how the translators miss the mark. It is surprising that the translation has received basically positive reviews from such distinguished scholars of Maimonides as Professors Zev Harvey and Menachem Kellner.
I don’t see this as necessary or justified. He alludes to some “deeper” reading, but fails to describe exactly what that deeper reading is all about. The deeper reading is maintainted better in Goodman’s than in Pines’.
I indeed supplied many other examples here: Shnayor Burton
xvi Kaizen
2 months ago
Disagree. For your article to be coherent you would have to provide a clear example of something that is clearly expressing a “deeper” idea hidden by the supericial that everyone agrees on. The example you chose regarding Moshe is something more whipped up out of your imagination than anything the Rambam would actually mean. Even if you’re correctly understanding the Rambam’s intent in the shmoneh p’rakim, this is clearly not what the Rambam is saying in the guide. Better examples would be places where the Rambam himself alludes to deeper meaning. Such as when he says that the true nature… Read more »
Excellent review. Harsh, but necessary and justified. There are many other examples the reviewer could have given to show how the translators miss the mark. It is surprising that the translation has received basically positive reviews from such distinguished scholars of Maimonides as Professors Zev Harvey and Menachem Kellner.
I don’t see this as necessary or justified. He alludes to some “deeper” reading, but fails to describe exactly what that deeper reading is all about. The deeper reading is maintainted better in Goodman’s than in Pines’.
I indeed supplied many other examples here:
Shnayor Burton
Disagree. For your article to be coherent you would have to provide a clear example of something that is clearly expressing a “deeper” idea hidden by the supericial that everyone agrees on. The example you chose regarding Moshe is something more whipped up out of your imagination than anything the Rambam would actually mean. Even if you’re correctly understanding the Rambam’s intent in the shmoneh p’rakim, this is clearly not what the Rambam is saying in the guide. Better examples would be places where the Rambam himself alludes to deeper meaning. Such as when he says that the true nature… Read more »
Feel free to judge yourself what I do or don’t grasp.
Here would be a good place to start.