The Guide for the Perplexed

The Guide for the Perplexed

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 31, 2006

Runtime

0h 55m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

The Guide for the Perplexed

Director

Igal Bursztyn

Description

Director Yigal Bursztyn’s made-for-TV road movie takes viewers on a contemporary journey in which he traces the gospel and teachings of Jewish philosopher, Maimonides (aka the Rambam). Burszstyn goes from the Spanish city of Cordoba to Fes in Morocco, then onwards to Egypt and finally, Israel. In the course of this physical, geographical journey, Bursztyn also does a deep dive into Maimonides’s 12th century canonical work, The Guide for the Perplexed, which he uses as a tool to interpret present-day events and the conflicts between faith and rationale, and between religion, culture, and gender.