Moses Maimonides the man and his works
- Author/Creator:
- Davidson, Herbert A. 1932-2021. (Herbert Alan)
- Publication/Creation:
- New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2005
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Full Title:
- Moses Maimonides the man and his works / Herbert A. Davidson
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- Maimonides, Moses,1135-1204
Maimonides, Moses,1135-1204--Teachings
Rabbis--Egypt--Biography
Jewish scholars--Egypt--Biography
Description/Summary
- Table of 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
- 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.
- Language:
- English
- Language Note:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 online resource (578 p.)
- General Note:
- Description based upon print version of record.
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- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9936530515702486
- ISBN:
- 1-280-84387-X
0-19-534361-1 - OCLC Number:
- 476257943
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