In his recent book, Maimonides and the Shaping of the Jewish Canon, James A. Diamond examines the influence of the great medieval Jewish philosopher on a series of later Jewish thinkers, from the 13th-century rabbinic scholar Moses Naḥmanides to the 20th-century philosopher Hermann Cohen and even Franz Kafka. Menachem Kellner writes in his review:
Diamond sets out to prove that “at virtually every critical turn in Jewish thought, one confronts Maimonidean formulations in one way or another.” Diamond’s claim is actually much stronger than that. He [in fact] sets out to prove that the collected works of Maimonides, alongside the Bible, Talmud, and Zohar, “comprise the core spiritual and intellectual canon of Judaism.” . . . Diamond . . . makes a subtle and sophisticated argument to the effect that Maimonides set the agenda for the future of Jewish thought by providing an “inextricable link between philosophy, law, and narrative.”
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