In the wilderness
A traveler's guide
Dear reader,
I am roaming the world, with a limited access to the Internet. So, I am sharing only one page, a colophon (a scribe’s note) from the Maimonides’ the Moreh Nevukhim ('Guide for the Perplexed') with a promise to write more about it next time.
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"I, Levi, son of Isaac, son of Caro, may he be blessed, from the region of Salamanca, wrote [=copied] this book which is called the Guide for the Perplexed, 'as Moses did before the eyes of all Israel' [5. Moss. 34,12] for the enlightened and honoured doctor Menachem Betsalel. And I wrote it here in Barcelona, and completed it in the year 108 according to the minor calendar [1347/48 CE], despite the fact that I am not from this region. May the Almighty bless him in the study of it, him and his children and his grandchildren and all his descendants. May He bless him. And may He spread out His tabernacle of peace and he shall remain in the shadow of God.* And may He uphold the Scripture in him, as it is written: 'This book of the law shall always be on your lips; you shall meditate on it day and night and carefully do all that is written in it; then it will go well with you, then you will have luck with you.' [Jos. 1,8] And may He remember and save us until the time of the Messiah and the coming of the Saviour." (*Here Levi alludes to the name of his mentor, Betsalel means "in the shadow of God".)1
Text and images from Det KGL Bibliotek
https://www.kb.dk/en/find-materials/collections/judaica-collection/guide-perplexed
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