02761nam 2200613Ia 450 991095416800332120200520144314.09781438421155143842115X97805850688930585068895(CKB)111004366812372(OCoLC)43475338(CaPaEBR)ebrary10588774(SSID)ssj0000227974(PQKBManifestationID)11190623(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000227974(PQKBWorkID)10270553(PQKB)10763469(MiAaPQ)EBC3408225(Perlego)2671818(DE-B1597)775254(DE-B1597)9781438421155(EXLCZ)9911100436681237219970917d1998 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdacontentcrrdacarrierProblems and parables of law Maimonides and Nahmanides on reasons for the commandments (taamei ha-mitzvot) /Josef SternAlbany State University of New York Pressc19981 online resource (xiv, 201 pages)SUNY series in Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and ReligionSUNY series in JudaicaBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780791438237 0791438236 Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-196) and index.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.A rigorous analysis of Maimonides' and Nahmanides' explanations of the Mosaic commandments that challenges received notions of the relation between these two seminal thinkers.Commandments (Judaism)Jewish philosophyCommandments (Judaism)Jewish philosophy.296.1/8Stern Josef1949-474581MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910954168003321Problems and parables of law4360161UNINA