Friedberg, Albert. <br/><br/>
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). 
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<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1618111892 9781618111890 9781618118486 161811848X 9781618111678 1618111671 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>575996  MIL 22573/ctt21h4j0q  JSTOR 104925  Knowledge Unlatched 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Jewish law.<br/>RELIGION--Judaism--General.<br/>RELIGION--Judaism--Talmud.<br/>Jewish law.<br/>Judaism: sacred texts
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BM520.84 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>296.172