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Crafting the 613 Commandments : Maimonides on the Enumeration, Classification, and Formulation of the Spiritual 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 D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston, MA : Academic Studies Press, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • 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