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Introduction to the Code of Maimonides

Isadore Twersky

Synopsis:
This book is a literary-historical study of the Mishneh Torah, Maimonides' great Code of Jewish law, organized around five characteristics repeatedly emphasized by Maimonides himself: codificatory form, scope, classification, language and style, philosophy and law. The analysis attempts to correlate his own self-perception, his own characterization and evaluation of his work, with the actual product--an objective assessment of the constructs, categories, and conclusions of his work, shaken free of struts and preconceptions.

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Other editions: Hardcover - 2005, Hardcover - 1994, Softcover - 1993, Softcover - 1992, Softcover - 1987, Hardcover - 1987, Softcover - 1984, 1982, Hardcover - 1980, Hardcover - 1979