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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.

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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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