Table of Contents Maimonides on the Decline of the Generations and the Nature of Rabbinic Authority by Kellner, Menachem M. Terms of Use Preface Introduction 1 The Decline of the Generations 2 Maimonides on Nature and Miracles 3 Maimonides on Decline 4 Maimonides' Attitude towar…
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Moses Maimonides, medieval Judaism's leading legist and philosopher, and a figure of central importance for contemporary Jewish self-understanding, held a view of Judaism which maintained the authority of the Talmudic rabbis in matters of Jewish law while allowing for free and o…
David Andrew Teeter examines the nature and background of deliberate scribal changes in the texts and versions of biblical law during the late Second Temple period. He offers a descriptive typology and detailed analysis of the attested textual variants and their place within the…