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Autore |
Friedberg Albert D |
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Titolo |
Crafting the 613 commandments : Maimonides on the enumeration, classification, and formulation of the scriptural commandments / / Albert D. Friedberg |
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Academic Studies Press, 2014 |
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Boston : , : Academic Studies Press, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-61811-848-X |
1-61811-387-9 |
1-61811-189-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (400 p.) |
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Collana |
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Holocaust: History and Literature, Ethics and Philosophy |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Jewish philosophy |
Philosophy, Medieval |
Judaism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Abbreviations, citations, translations, and transliterations -- Editions Used -- English Translations and Transliterations -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER I. Introduction -- CHAPTER II. Important Definitions and Concepts -- CHAPTER III. Typology of Mitsvot -- CHAPTER IV. Logically Inconclusive Individuations -- CHAPTER V. Innovative Commandments -- CHAPTER VI. Revisiting the Term Mitsvat 'Aseh -- CHAPTER VII. Peshateh Di-Qera -- CHAPTER VIII. The Participial Form and Other Peculiarities -- CHAPTER IX. When Mitsvah Stands Alone -- CHAPTER X. Summary and Conclusion -- Excursus -- Postscript -- Bibliography -- Citations Index -- Index of Names |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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