Studies in Maimonides and his interpreters / Marc B. Shapiro.

  • Shapiro, Marc B.
Date:
[2008], ©2008
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Publication/Creation

Scranton, Penn. ; London : University of Scranton Press, [2008], ©2008.

Physical description

xv, 172 pages, 33 unnumbered pages ; 23 cm

Contributors

Notes

The English section consists of essays by Marc Shapiro; the Hebrew section consists of letters and selections on Maimonides by various authors.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-161) and index.

Contents

[English section]. Principles of interpretation in Maimonidean halakhah: traditional and academic perspectives -- To err is human -- Old questions, modern answers -- Maimonidean scholarship: some methodological issues -- Maimonides and kabbalah -- Maimonidean halakhah and superstition -- A note on Maimonides and Muhammad -- Hebrew section. Nahman Isaac Fischmann's letter to Samuel David Luzzatto -- Letters from Rabbi Joseph Kafih -- Selections from the writings of Rabbi Jehiel Jacob Weinberg.

Language note

English and Hebrew.

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    History of Medicine
    BZP (Maimonides)
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 1589661656
  • 9781589661653