Crafting the 613 Commandments : Maimonides on the Enumeration, Classification, and Formulation of the Scriptural Commandments

Name: Crafting the 613 Commandments
Brand: Academic Studies Press
SKU: 9781618111678
Price: 17800 KES
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ISBN: 9781618111678

by Albert D. Friedberg

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 1618111671

ISBN-13 9781618111678

Publisher Academic Studies Press

Imprint Academic Studies Press

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Feb 27th, 2014

Print length 400 Pages

Weight 754 grams

Dimensions 24.90 x 15.60 x 2.70 cms

Product Classification: Judaism: life & practice Social groups: religious groups and communities Jewish studies Judaism life and practice

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This book explores Maimonides’ rationale for crafting the tradition of the Mishneh Torah and the surprising way he put it to use. It examines many of the philosophical and ethical ideas animating the composition of such a list and discusses the manner by which Maimonides formulated positive commandments in the Mishneh Torah, suggesting new dimensions in Maimonides' legal theory.

Rabbinic tradition has it that 613 commandments were given to Moses on Mount Sinai, but it does not specify those included in the enumeration. Maimonides methodically and artfully crafts a list of 613 commandments in a work that serves as a prolegemenon to the Mishneh Torah, his monumental code of law. This book explores the surprising way Maimonides put this tradition to use and his possible rationale for using such a tradition. It also explores many of the philosophical and ethical ideas animating the composition of such a list. In the book''s second half, Friedberg examines the manner by which Maimonides formulated positive commandments in the Mishneh Torah, leading him to suggest new dimensions in Maimonides'' legal theory.

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