Crafting the 613 Commandments :
Friedberg, Albert.
Crafting the 613 Commandments : Maimonides on the Enumeration, Classification and Formulation of the Scriptural Commandments. - Brighton : Academic Studies Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (275 pages). - Holocaust: History and Literature, Ethics and Philosophy . - Holocaust (Boston, Mass.) .
Introduction -- Important definitions and concepts -- Typology of Mitsvot -- Logically inconclusive individuations -- Innovative commandments -- Revisiting the term mitsvat 'aseh-- Peshateh di-qera-- The participial form and other peculiarities -- When mitzvah stands alone -- Summary and conclusion.
Rabbinic tradition has it that 613 commandments were given to Moses on Mount Sinai, but it does not specify those included in the enumeration. Maimonides methodically and artfully crafts a list of 613 commandments in a work that serves as a prolegemenon to the Mishneh Torah, his monumental code of law. This book explores the surprising way Maimonides put this tradition to use and his possible rationale for using such a tradition. It also explores many of the philosophical and ethical ideas animating the composition of such a list. In the book's second half, Friedberg examines the manner by which Maimonides formulated positive commandments in the Mishneh Torah, leading him to suggest new dimensions in Maimonides' legal theory.
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575996 MIL 22573/ctt21h4j0q JSTOR 104925 Knowledge Unlatched
Jewish law.
RELIGION--Judaism--General.
RELIGION--Judaism--Talmud.
Jewish law.
Judaism: sacred texts
Electronic books.
BM520.84
296.172
Crafting the 613 Commandments : Maimonides on the Enumeration, Classification and Formulation of the Scriptural Commandments. - Brighton : Academic Studies Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (275 pages). - Holocaust: History and Literature, Ethics and Philosophy . - Holocaust (Boston, Mass.) .
Introduction -- Important definitions and concepts -- Typology of Mitsvot -- Logically inconclusive individuations -- Innovative commandments -- Revisiting the term mitsvat 'aseh-- Peshateh di-qera-- The participial form and other peculiarities -- When mitzvah stands alone -- Summary and conclusion.
Rabbinic tradition has it that 613 commandments were given to Moses on Mount Sinai, but it does not specify those included in the enumeration. Maimonides methodically and artfully crafts a list of 613 commandments in a work that serves as a prolegemenon to the Mishneh Torah, his monumental code of law. This book explores the surprising way Maimonides put this tradition to use and his possible rationale for using such a tradition. It also explores many of the philosophical and ethical ideas animating the composition of such a list. In the book's second half, Friedberg examines the manner by which Maimonides formulated positive commandments in the Mishneh Torah, leading him to suggest new dimensions in Maimonides' legal theory.
1618111892 9781618111890 9781618118486 161811848X 9781618111678 1618111671
575996 MIL 22573/ctt21h4j0q JSTOR 104925 Knowledge Unlatched
Jewish law.
RELIGION--Judaism--General.
RELIGION--Judaism--Talmud.
Jewish law.
Judaism: sacred texts
Electronic books.
BM520.84
296.172
