A Popular Dictionary of Judaism
A philosophical controversy. The Maimonidean controversy was initiated by *Maimonides himself against the authority of the *geonim.
In turn his Mishneh Torah was fiercely condemned by many contemporary scholars and a *herem was pronounced against it. *Nahmanides attempted to defend Maimonides and the controversy was temporarily halted when his books were burnt by Christian friars. However the tension between the rationalists and the anti-rationalists continued at various times throughout the Middle Ages. (See *MAIMONIDES).
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