The Code of Maimonides (Mishneh Torah) Book 8, The Book of Temple Service

Julian Obermann [Editor]; Michael Bernstein [Editor]; Mendell Lewittes [Translator];

ISBN 10: 0300007175 / ISBN 13: 9780300007176

Published by Yale University Press, 1957

About this Item

Second printing, 1975. ISBN: 0300007175. Po name and other markings in front. Binding beginning to separate at title page. Stains at inner margins of prelims. Text itself is unmarked. Moderate cover-wear and edge-wear. Includes two fold outs at end of book. No dust jacket. Book 8 only. (1h).

Seller Inventory # D28140

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Code of Maimonides (Mishneh Torah) Book 8, The Book of Temple Service
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 1957
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300007175
• ISBN 13: 9780300007176
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 35 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Judaism

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Synopsis

This translation of the Eighth Book of the Code of Maimonides describes the architectural form of King Solomon’s Temple and the sacrificial worship conducted by the ancient priesthood.  The temple service and priestly caste treated are those abandoned by the sectarians of the Dead Sea Scrolls.  Among the translation’s features of general interest are the uncovering of likely Hebraic sources for the vestments of the Roman Catholic clergy and the ritual of the Mass, and its revelation of the attachment of the Jewish people, through its rabbinic law, to ancient religious practices rendered obsolete by the vicissitudes of history.The translator, Mendell Lewittes, Rabbi of Young Israel of Montreal (Canada), has also provided an introduction. Edited by the late Julian Obermann. Yale Judaica Series, Volume XII. 

From the Back Cover

The subject matter of the book makes it apparent that Maimonides employed the word 'abodah' in the same sense it is generally used in the Mishnah, namely, religious service.