Moses Maimonides: The Man and His Works

by Herbert Davidson

Overview

Moses 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195173215
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/09/2004
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	584
Product dimensions:	9.44(w) x 6.48(h) x 1.51(d)

About the Author

Professor 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) .

Table of Contents

1. 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. Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

"Davidson's biography excels. The exhaustive scope of the book is clear...All told, the work is perhaps the single most helpful reference volume I have come across in becoming acquainted with Maimonides."—Ancient Traditions, New Conversations

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