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OverviewMoses Maimonides (1137/38-1204), scholar, physician, and philosopher, was the most influential Jewish thinker of the Middle Ages. In this magisterial biography, Herbert Davidson provides an exhaustive guide to Maimonides' life and works. After considering Maimonides' upbringing and education, Davidson expounds all of his many writings in exhaustive detail, with separate chapters on rabbinic, philosophical, and medical texts. Moses Maimonides has been recognized as the standard work on a towering figure of Western intellectual history. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Herbert Davidson (Professor of Hebrew, Emeritus, Professor of Hebrew, Emeritus, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.839kg ISBN: 9780199747573ISBN 10: 0199747571 Pages: 584 Publication Date: 09 August 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1. Maimonides' Life 2. Education 3. Rabbinic Works I 4. Rabbinic Works II 5. Rabbinic Works III 6. Philosophical Works I 7. Philosophical Works II 8. Medical Works 9. Miscellaneous Writings 10. ConclusionReviews<br> The first serious comprehensive study of Maimonides' life and works in English. For anyone who is interested in Maimonides, especially those in areas outside the field of Jewish studies who need to work with texts of this great scholar and on his links with Christian and Islamic thought in the Middle Ages, this erudite, careful, and balanced work will be the standard work for many years to come. --Journal of Religion<p><br> We have an honest, if more complex, picture of Maimonides, arguably the most intriguing and influential single medieval Jew, and for that all raders for some time should be grateful. This is a lucid, comprehensive, and expertly informed book that integrates the philosophical, political, medical, and above all rabbinic forces at work in writings of Moses Maimonides. --Speculum<p><br> [T]he first serious comprehensive study of Maimonides life and works in English. Davidson is a patient and determined guide. He begins by telling us that we have more information about Maimonides life than about that of any other medieval Jew. He then proceeds to demolish much of what we thought we knew. [T]his erudite, careful, and balanced work will be the standard work for many years to come. --Journal of Religion<p><br> Davidson discloses a formidable knowledge of Talmud and rabbinic literature, as well as of the history, science, astronomy, medicine, and philosophy of Maimonides' day. Davidson offers elegant descriptions and often challenging evaluations of Maimonides' life, education, and work: the rabbinic oeuvre, philosophical and medical treatises, and miscellaneous epistles. --Journal of the History of Philosophy<p><br>.. .artfully unravels Rambam's juridical, literary, and philosophical acumen and genius in the context of his life, education, and personality. --CHOICE<p><br> This book, addressed to both beginners and scholars, offers a penetrating overview of the entire uvre of Moses Maimonides--rabbinic, philosophical, and medical. Davidson's impr Author InformationProfessor of Hebrew, emeritus, at UCLA. He is the author of several books, including Proofs for Eternity, Creation, and the Existence of God in Medieval Islamic and Jewish Philosophy (OUP, 1987) and Alfarabi, Avicenna, and Averroes, on Intellect (OUP, 1992) . Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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