Interpretation and reception
The Guide for the Perplexed (Moreh Nevukhim)
Moses Maimonides
Explains Isaiah's cosmic imagery as political catastrophe or restoration, and argues creation does not entail eventual universal destruction. Allows Joel's signs to refer either to Sennacherib or Gog/Magog; distinguishes permanent natural law from exceptional miracles.
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Edition and location
M. Friedlander English translation, 1904 edition represented by Wikisource
Part II, chapters XXVII–XXIX