Maimonides : the life and world of one of civilization's greatest minds / Joel L. Kraemer.

New York : Doubleday, [2008], ©2008.

xvi, 621 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [484]-596) and index.

Andalusia -- Córdoba -- Andalusian Jewish culture -- Early studies -- Early writings -- Fez to Acre -- Refuge in Fez -- Martyrdom or survival -- Did Maimonides convert to Islam? -- The beautiful land -- Egypt: the early years -- Stranger in a foreign land -- Commentary on the Mishnah -- Saladin and the Ayyubids -- The great Rav in Israel -- Epistle to Yemen -- Moses and David -- Egypt: the middle years -- Zuta the wicked -- Communal affairs -- Responsa -- Mishneh Torah -- Egypt: the late years -- The guide of the perplexed -- The treatise on resurrection -- Epistle on astrology and lunel correspondence -- The physician.