[Avodah] The Rambam, rationalism and mysticism

[Zoo Torah]

There is an interesting new book on this topic that came out recently,
"Maimonides' Confrontation With Mysticism" by Menachem Kellner
(http://tinyurl.com/2gpbau). He argues, amongst other things, that Rambam
was opposed to Sefer Yetzirah, because Rambam held that the Hebrew letters
do not possess any mystical powers. (I am not sufficiently expert on
Maimonidean philosophy to be able to evaluate this claim).

Natan Slifkin

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