Crafting the 613 commandments : Maimonides on the enumeration, classification, and formulation of the scriptural commandments / Albert D. Friedberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friedberg, Albert D.

Series:

Holocaust (Boston, Mass.)

Holocaust: History and Literature, Ethics and Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204.

Maimonides, Moses.

Jewish philosophy.

Philosophy, Medieval.

Judaism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.)

Place of Publication:

Academic Studies Press 2014

Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rabbinic tradition has it that 613 commandments were given to Moses on Mount Sinai, but it does not specify those included in the enumeration. Maimonides methodically and artfully crafts a list of 613 commandments in a work that serves as a prolegemenon to the Mishneh Torah, his monumental code of law. This book explores the surprising way Maimonides put this tradition to use and his possible rationale for using such a tradition. It also explores many of the philosophical and ethical ideas animating the composition of such a list. In the book's second half, Friedberg examines the manner by which Maimonides formulated positive commandments in the Mishneh Torah, leading him to suggest new dimensions in Maimonides' legal theory.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Abbreviations, citations, translations, and transliterations

Editions Used

English Translations and Transliterations

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER I. Introduction

CHAPTER II. Important Definitions and Concepts

CHAPTER III. Typology of Mitsvot

CHAPTER IV. Logically Inconclusive Individuations

CHAPTER V. Innovative Commandments

CHAPTER VI. Revisiting the Term Mitsvat 'Aseh

CHAPTER VII. Peshateh Di-Qera

CHAPTER VIII. The Participial Form and Other Peculiarities

CHAPTER IX. When Mitsvah Stands Alone

CHAPTER X. Summary and Conclusion

Excursus

Postscript

Bibliography

Citations Index

Index of Names

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781618118486

161811848X

9781618113870

1618113879

9781618111890

1618111892

OCLC:

1135589132

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access