Who is the author traditionally associated with The Guide to the Perplexed?

• A. Maimonides
• B. Avicenna
• C. Rashi
• D. Ibn Ezra

Answer: (A)

The author associated with The Guide to the Perplexed is Moses ben Maimon, known to many as Maimonides or Rambam. This 12th-century Jewish philosopher wrote the guide to address readers who wrestled with how to reconcile biblical revelation with rational philosophy, blending insights from Aristotelian thought with Jewish theology. The work became a cornerstone of medieval Jewish philosophy and is traditionally linked to Maimonides as its author.

Avicenna (Ibn Sina) was a major philosopher whose ideas influenced the era, but he did not write this guide. Rashi and Ibn Ezra were important Jewish scholars and commentators in their own right, yet neither is the author of this particular philosophical work.