De bello judaico vs The guide of the perplexed of Maimonides: Which Should You Read?

De bello judaico Flavius Josephus · 1481 ★★★★☆ 3.7 518 pages · ≈ 9 h 36 m · Demanding

The Jewish War is a work of Jewish history written by Josephus, a first-century Roman-Jewish historian. It has been described by the biblical historian Steve Mason as "perhaps the most influential non-biblical text of…

The guide of the perplexed of Maimonides Moses Maimonides · 1473 ★★★★☆ 3.8 419 pages · ≈ 7 h 46 m · Demanding

The Guide for the Perplexed (Hebrew:מורה נבוכים, translit. Moreh Nevukhim, Arabic: ‎dalālatul ḥā’irīn דלאל̈ה אלחאירין دلالة الحائرين) is one of the major works of Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, better known as Maimonides or…