[PDF.60ao] Reading Maimonides' Mishneh Torah (The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization)

Reading Maimonides' Mishneh Torah (The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization)

[PDF.yp07] Reading Maimonides' Mishneh Torah (The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization)

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 | #1143828 in Books |  2014-12-31 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  5.90 x1.50 x9.30l,.0 | File type: PDF | 300 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A brilliant analysis of how Maimonides "style" in crafting and writing ...|By Roy Pinchot|This is a magnificent book. A brilliant analysis of how Maimonides "style" in crafting and writing the Mishneh Torah reveals his underlying philosophy and connects the structure of the Mishneh Torah to his Guide of the Perplexed. Dr. Gillis opens up the ideas Maimonides embedded in the Mis| ||"A brilliant piece of work.it will have a major impact on the study of Maimonides and on the larger realm of Jewish and cosmopolitan scholarship.Gillis pries open a window that affords broad vistas of forests, valleys, mountains, and the heavens themselves."

In this highly original study, author David Gillis demonstrates that the Mishneh torah, Maimonides' code of Jewish law, has the structure of a microcosm. Through this symbolic form, Maimonides presents the law as designed to perfect the individual and society by shaping them in the image of the divinely created cosmic order. The commandments of the law thereby bring human beings closer to fulfilling their ultimate purpose, knowledge of God. This symbolism turns the Mishn...

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