Name: Reading Maimonides' Mishneh Torah (en Inglés)
Price: 373.89 PEN
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Author: Gillis, David
ISBN: 9781906764067

portada Reading Maimonides' Mishneh Torah (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

David Gillis

Editorial

Littman Library of Jewish Civilization

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

464

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

Dimensiones

23.4 x 15.7 x 4.3 cm

Peso

0.88 kg.

ISBN13

9781906764067

N° edición

Categorías

Judíos
Comunidades religiosas
Historia de la religión
Judaísmo | textos y escritos sagrados

Reading Maimonides' Mishneh Torah (en Inglés)

David Gillis (Autor) · Littman Library of Jewish Civilization · Tapa Dura

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Reseña del libro "Reading Maimonides' Mishneh Torah (en Inglés)"

In this highly original study, 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 Mishneh torah into an object of contemplation that itself communicates such knowledge. In short, it is a work of art. Gillis unpacks the metaphysical and cosmological underpinnings of Maimonides' scheme of organization with consummate skill, allowing the reader to understand the Mishneh torah's artistic dimension and to appreciate its power. Moreover, as he makes clear, uncovering this dimension casts new light on one of the great cruxes of Maimonides studies: the relationship of the Mishneh torah to his philosophical treatise The Guide of the Perplexed. A fundamental unity is revealed between Maimonides the codifier and Maimonides the philosopher that has not been fully appreciated hitherto. Maimonides' artistry in composition is repeatedly shown to serve his aims in persuading us of the coherence and wisdom of the halakhic system. Gillis's fine exegesis sets in high relief the humane and transcendental purposes and methods of halakhah as Maimonides conceived of it, in an argument that is sure-footed and convincing.