A Maimonides reader

by Maimonides, Moses

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Title Statements

Full title :A Maimonides reader / edited, with introductions and notes, by Isadore Twersky.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1972

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Behrman House
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:1972

The Physical Object

Description:xvii, 494 pages : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0874412005, 9780874412000, 0874412064, 9780874412062
oclc:ocm00215953
LC Classification:BM545
Dewey Decimal:296.3

Book One: Knowledge. Basic Principles of the Torah -- Moral Dispositions and Ethical Conduct -- Study of the Torah -- Idolatry and the Ordinances of the Heathens -- Repentance -- Book Two: Adoration. Recitation of the Shema -- Prayer -- Phylacteries -- Mezuzah -- Sefer Torah -- Blessings -- Circumcision -- Book Three: Seasons. Sabbath -- Repose on the Festivals -- The Palm Branch -- Sanctification of the New Moon -- Fast Days -- Reading of the Megillah and Hanukkah -- Book Five: Holiness. Forbidden Intercourse -- Slaughtering -- Book Six: Assevervations. Oaths -- Vows -- Naziriteship -- Valuations and Things Votive -- Book Seven: Seeds. Gifts to the Poor -- Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee -- Book Eight: Service. The Temple -- Things Prohibited -- Daily Offerings -- Trespass -- Book Nine: Sacrifices. Festal Offerings -- Substitute Offerings -- Book Ten: Purity. Uncleanness of Leprosy -- Uncleanness of Foodstuffs -- Immersion Pools -- Book Eleven: Torts. Theft -- Robbery and Lost Property -- Wounding and Damaging -- Murder and Preservation of Life -- Book Twelve: Acquisitions. Sales -- Original Acquisitions and Gifts -- Neighbors -- Slaves -- Book Thirteen: Judgments. Hiring -- Cred…