Moses Maimonides : the man and his works / Herbert A. Davidson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davidson, Herbert A. (Herbert Alan), 1932-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rabbis--Egypt--Biography.

Rabbis.

Jewish scholars--Egypt--Biography.

Jewish scholars.

Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204.

Maimonides, Moses.

Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204--Teachings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (578 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Moses Maimonides (1135-1204), scholar, physician, and philosopher, was the most influential Jewish thinker of the Middle Ages. In this magisterial new biography, the work of many years, Herbert Davidson provides an exhaustive guide to Maimonides' life and works. After considering Maimonides' upbringing and education, Davidson expounds all of his voluminous writings in exhaustive detail, with separate chapters on rabbinic, philosophical, and medical texts. This long-awaited volume is destined to become the standard work on this towering figure of Western intellectual history.

Contents:

Contents; 1. MAIMONIDES' LIFE; 2. EDUCATION; 3. RABBINIC WORKS I; 4. RABBINIC WORKS II; 5. RABBINIC WORKS III; 6. PHILOSOPHIC WORKS I; 7. PHILOSOPHIC WORKS II; 8. MEDICAL WORKS; 9. MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS; 10. CONCLUSION; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-759231-7

1-280-84387-X

0-19-534361-1

OCLC:

476257943