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 | | In the first instance, the work was addressed to rabbinic scholars, talmudists, who had no interest in philosophical issues, no grounding in philosophical texts, and who probably viewed such issues and texts as at best irrelevant to their spiritual lives. |
 | | In the second instance, the work was addressed to rabbinic scholars, talmudists, who had gone beyond the pale of talmudic studies to the realms of logic, physics, and metaphysics without in any way giving up their prior allegiances. |
 | | Talmudists read Maimonides' words, and because of the context, vocabulary, and style think that they are reading a wholly traditional text, totally unobjectionable, and fully consistent with conventional religion as popularly understood. |
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