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Maimonides interprets scriptural language and divine attributes. What can reason establish about God without claiming to know the divine essence?
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Guided course · Module 6 · Lesson 32
How can we speak about God?
For Maimonides, divine unity rules out treating God as the bearer of distinct qualities; he teaches through negation and through descriptions of divine action. Scriptural language still needs careful interpretation.