Category Archives: Maimonides

Decoding Menachem Kellner

Per Alliance Theory: Menachem Kellner is an internal boundary enforcer operating inside the Maimonidean rationalist alliance. Kellner aligns himself with a historically elite but institutionally fragile coalition. Medieval Jewish rationalism. Rambam over Kabbalah. Universal intellect over ethnomysticism. Philosophy over myth. … Continue reading

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The Limits of Orthodox Theology: Maimonides’ Thirteen Principles Reappraised by Marc B. Shapiro (2004)

In Marc B. Shapiro’s analysis of Maimonides’ Thirteen Principles, the “Limits of Orthodox Theology” reveals how a diverse movement collapses into a single, rigid “in-group” signal. David Pinsof’s Alliance Theory suggests that complex intellectual histories are often flattened into simple … Continue reading

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