Without Red Strings or Holy Water : : Maimonides’ Mishne Torah /

Without Red Strings or Holy Water : : Maimonides’ Mishne Torah / / H. Norman Strickman.

Maimonides was one of the greatest Jewish personalities of the Middle Ages: a halakhist par excellence, a great philosopher, a political leader of his community, and a guardian of Jewish rights. In 1180 CE, Maimonides composed his Halakhic magnum opus, the Mishneh Torah, which can be described witho...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Backlist eBook-Package 2008-2013
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Strickman, H. Norman,
Place / Publishing House:Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Judaism and Jewish Life
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Physical Description:1 online resource (180 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter One. The Mishneh Torah
  • Chapter Two. God
  • Chapter Three. The Commandments
  • Chapter Four. Magic, Demons and Evil Spirits
  • Chapter Five. Dangerous Practices
  • Chapter Six. Astrology
  • Chapter Seven. Medicine
  • Chapter Eight. Communicating with the Dead
  • Chapter Nine. The Messianic Era
  • Chapter Ten. The Oral Law
  • Postscript
  • Appendix. Another Look at the Mishneh Torah
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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