Maimonides : Life and Thought /

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Maimonides was the greatest Jewish philosopher and legal scholar of the medieval period, a towering figure who has had a profound and lasting influence on Jewish law, philosophy, and religious consciousness. This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to his life and work, reveali...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Halbertal, Moshe (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Hebrew
Publicado: Princeton, N.J.] : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Maimonides, Moses, > 1135-1204.
Philosophers.
Jewish philosophy.
Jewish philosophers.
Jewish law.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Medieval.
RELIGION > Judaism > General.
Philosophie juive > Jusqu'à 1500.
Philosophes juifs > Biographies.
Philosophes > Biographies.
Jewish law > History > To 1500.
Jewish philosophy > To 1500.
Jewish philosophers > Biography.
Philosophers > Biography.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Maimonides was the greatest Jewish philosopher and legal scholar of the medieval period, a towering figure who has had a profound and lasting influence on Jewish law, philosophy, and religious consciousness. This book provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to his life and work, revealing how his philosophical sensibility and outlook informed his interpretation of Jewish tradition. Moshe Halbertal vividly describes Maimonides's childhood in Muslim Spain, his family's flight to North Africa to escape persecution, and their eventual resettling in Egypt. He draws on Maimonides's l.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (400 pages).
ISBN:9781400848478

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