Just wanting to add a source to what said @Shalom said: the Tiferet Lemoshe from the Maharts Hayes, Chapter 1, explain the importance of knowing history,especially especially that of Israel. He asked then why then did the RamBaM wroteRambam write what he did,did; that read Chronicles of Arabs, their Politics and genealogies, is waste of time, and. He answered that those were impossible stories and also eroticalerotic ones (Agavim ?).
Just wanting to add a source to what said @Shalom : the Tiferet Lemoshe from the Maharts Hayes, Chapter 1, explain the importance of knowing history,especially that of Israel. He asked then why did the RamBaM wrote what he did, that read Chronicles of Arabs, their Politics and genealogies, is waste of time, and answered that those were impossible stories and also erotical ones (Agavim ?).
Just wanting to add a source to what @Shalom said: the Tiferet Lemoshe from the Maharts Hayes, Chapter 1, explain the importance of knowing history, especially that of Israel. He asked why then did the Rambam write what he did; that Chronicles of Arabs, their Politics and genealogies, is waste of time. He answered that those were impossible stories and also erotic ones (Agavim?).
Just wanting to add a source to what said @Shalom : the Tiferet Lemoshe from the Maharts Hayes, Chapter 1, explain the importance of knowing history,especially that of Israel. He asked then why did the RamBaM wrote what he did, that read Chronicles of Arabs, their Politics and genealogies, is waste of time, and answered that those were impossible stories and also erotical ones (Agavim ?).
