A Maimonides Reader (Library of Jewish Studies)
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- Synopsis
- RABBI MOSES BEN MAIMON, known in Hebrew literature as the Rambam and in Western culture since the Renaissance as Maimonides, is unquestionably one of the outstanding figures of Jewish history--a figure, moreover, whose commanding influence has been widely recognized by non-Jews as well as Jews. As early as the fourteenth century, a rabbinic scholar applied to Maimonides the phrase (adapted from Mai. 1:11), "his name is great among the nations." And the seventeenth-century English humanist Jeremy Taylor called him, in a simple, suggestive phrase, that "famous Jew" par excellence. As a result, even those generally unacquainted with or uninterested in the basic phenomena and major trends of Jewish history react to the name of this "famous Jew."
- Copyright:
- 1972
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- ISBN-13:
- 9780874412000
- Publisher:
- Behrman House, Incorporated
- Date of Addition:
- 10/29/18
- Copyrighted By:
- Isadore Twersky
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality
- Submitted By:
- Daproim Africa
- Proofread By:
- Daproim Africa
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.