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

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 l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Friedberg, Albert
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Brighton : Academic Studies Press, 2012.
Colección:Holocaust (Boston, Mass.)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Important definitions and concepts
  • Typology of Mitsvot
  • Logically inconclusive individuations
  • Innovative commandments
  • Revisiting the term mitsvat 'aseh-- Peshateh di-qera-- The participial form and other peculiarities
  • When mitzvah stands alone
  • Summary and conclusion.