Moses Maimonides and the Logic of Faith

September 13, 2026

Moses Maimonides (also known as the Rambam) was a 12th century rabbi and scholar, most famous as the author of The Guide for the Perplexed. He thought that understanding the world through science and logic would lead you to love it, and that this in turn would lead you to love God. But is the world in fact something lovable? What do we do with all the pain and suffering? And is faith something you can prove using reason? Josh and Yonah put their faith in Ross Brann from Cornell University, author of Moses Maimonides: A Very Short Introduction.

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Maimonides with gray hair and glasses smiling in a white shirt and black blazer
Ross Brann, Milton R. Konvitz Professor of Judeo-Islamic Studies, Cornell University

Related Resources

Brann, Ross (2025). Moses Maimonides: A Very Short Introduction.

Maimonides, Mohttps://youtu.be/sSkhjlI1ZZgses (1956). The Guide for the Perplexed.

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