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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Friedberg, Albert
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Brighton : Academic Studies Press, 2012.
Series:Holocaust (Boston, Mass.)
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.