"Manguel is not only a learned scholar, however, but also a gifted writer, and he has produced an elegant and accessible book . an eloquent little volume."--Steven Nadler, Times Literary Supplement "Manguel introduces the reader to an important thinker who deserves to be far better known. It's a masterly feat to pack so much in while keeping the language accessible. This is exactly the kind of book that should be on college summer reading lists, a guide not just to a great thinker but to the process of thinking itself."--Marissa Moss, New York Journal of Books "In this latest addition to the award-winning Jewish Lives series published by Yale University Press, the reader experiences the joy of discovery alongside Manguel, who places Maimonides's life and thought in conversation with other great thinkers."--Brian Hillman, Jewish Book Council "Illuminating. Manguel employs meticulous detail and textual support to bring alive the 'learned scientist, brilliant philosopher, and .

religious devotee' in a manner that's both intellectually rigorous and historically vivid."-- Publishers Weekly "A multifaceted look at one of history's most consequential minds, whose influence touched thinkers as varied as Thomas Aquinas, Franz Kafka and James Joyce."--PJ Grisar, The Forward "In our confusing time, when rationality is fighting for its deserved place, Alberto Manguel's brilliant book offers a historical and analytical premise for searching for the deserved place in the spiritual confrontation with the sacred."--Norman Manea, author of The Fifth Impossibility: Essays on Exile and Language.