“The Seal of the Guide”: Hermann Cohen on Salomon Munk’s Translation of Maimonides’ Guide of The Perplexed.

The paper examines Cohen's reading of Salomon Munk's translation of Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed. Therefore, if we speak of the relationship between Cohen and 19th Jewish scholarship we should not forget Salomon Munk’s influence. To consider this relationship can shed light both on Munk’s ideas of Judaism and philosophy and on Cohen’s philosophical project, contributing also to a re-evaluation, now taking place in the academic world, of the often highly criticised results of the Wissenschaft des Judentums.