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Without red strings or holy water : Maimonides' Mishneh Torah / H. Norman Strickman.
LIBRA BM520.84 .S775 2011
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Strickman, H. Norman, 1940-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204. Mishneh Torah.
- Maimonides, Moses.
- Jewish law--Interpretation and construction--History--To 1500.
- Jewish law.
- Jewish philosophy--History--To 1500.
- Jewish philosophy.
- History.
- Jewish law--Interpretation and construction.
- Physical Description:
- 177 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Brighton, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2011.
- Summary:
- "Without Red Strings or Holy Water" explores Maimonides' views regarding God, the commandments, astrology, medicine, the evil eye, amulets, magic, theurgic practices, omens, communicating with the dead, the messianic era, midrashic literature, and the oral law.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-164) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Barney and Eleanor Frommer Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 193623548X
- 9781936235483
- OCLC:
- 693533036
- Publisher Number:
- 99946383540
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