Hans Blumenberg (1920-1996), recognized as one of the twentieth century's most distinguished German thinkers, achieved acclaim through a distinctive fusion of philosophical depth and historical insight. Research on Hans Blumenberg seldom situates him within a Jewish context, and his very infrequent reflections on Jewish history and philosophical thought have garnered limited scholarly attention. A rare case in which Blumenberg delves into the intersection of Jewish intellectual history and European philosophy is his unpublished lecture, “Moses Maimonides and the Contribution of Spanish Jewry to the European Middle Ages,” which is printed in this issue for the first time (in Hebrew translation). This article begins by analyzing how Blumenberg conceptualized the history of Jewish thought in his lecture, with a specific focus on the term 'art of survival,’ a concept developed in various contexts of his work. The article proceeds to examine Blumenberg's perspective on the historical reception of Maimonides' philosophy among Jews and Christian thinkers. It examines the factors Blumenberg identifies as leading to a rejection of Maimonides among Jewish thinkers and its embrace by Christian scholastics.