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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954168003321

Autore

Stern Josef <1949->

Titolo

Problems and parables of law : Maimonides and Nahmanides on reasons for the commandments (taamei ha-mitzvot) / / Josef Stern

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c1998

ISBN

9781438421155

143842115X

9780585068893

0585068895

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (xiv, 201 pages)

Collana

SUNY series in Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion

SUNY series in Judaica

Disciplina

296.1/8

Soggetti

Commandments (Judaism)

Jewish philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-196) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS OF FREQUENTLY CITED PRIMARY SOURCES -- Content -- Ta'amei Ha-Mitzvot and the Philosophical Foundations of Judaism -- Problematic Commandments I: Maimonides on   and Antinomianism -- Problematic Commandments II: Maimonides on Decrees of Scripture -- Maimonides and Nahmanides on the Interpretation of Parables and Explanation of Commandments -- Maimonides on the Parable of Circumcision -- Problematic Commandments III: Maimonides and Nahmanides on the Huqqim, Astrology, and Idolatry -- Back Matter -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Back Matter.

Sommario/riassunto

A rigorous analysis of Maimonides' and Nahmanides' explanations of the Mosaic commandments that challenges received notions of the relation between these two seminal thinkers.