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Problems and parables of law : Maimonides and Nahmanides on reasons for the commandments (taamei ha-mitzvot) / Josef Stern.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stern, Josef, 1949-
- Series:
- SUNY series in Judaica
- SUNY series in Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Commandments (Judaism).
- Jewish philosophy.
- Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204.
- Maimonides, Moses.
- Naḥmanides, approximately 1195-approximately 1270.
- Naḥmanides.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 201 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A rigorous analysis of Maimonides' and Nahmanides' explanations of the Mosaic commandments that challenges received notions of the relation between these two seminal thinkers.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Table of Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- ABBREVIATIONS OF FREQUENTLY CITED PRIMARY SOURCES
- Content
- Ta'amei Ha-Mitzvot and the Philosophical Foundations of Judaism
- Problematic Commandments I: Maimonides on and Antinomianism
- Problematic Commandments II: Maimonides on Decrees of Scripture
- Maimonides and Nahmanides on the Interpretation of Parables and Explanation of Commandments
- Maimonides on the Parable of Circumcision
- Problematic Commandments III: Maimonides and Nahmanides on the Huqqim, Astrology, and Idolatry
- Back Matter
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- Back Matter.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-196) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781438421155
- 143842115X
- 9780585068893
- 0585068895
- OCLC:
- 43475338
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