Crafting the 613 commandments : Maimonides on the enumeration, classification, and formulation of the scriptural commandments / / Albert D. Friedberg

• Record Nr.: UNISA996328042303316
• Autore: Friedberg Albert D
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Academic Studies Press, 2014; Boston : , : Academic Studies Press, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-61811-848-X; 1-61811-387-9; 1-61811-189-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (400 p.)
• Collana: Holocaust: History and Literature, Ethics and Philosophy
• Disciplina: 296.1
• Soggetti: Jewish philosophy; Philosophy, Medieval; Judaism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.