Maimonides on the Enumeration, Classification and Formulation of the Scriptural Commandments Friedberg, Albert. creator text Electronic books. xx Brighton Academic Studies Press 2012 monographic eng 1 online resource (275 pages). 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. 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. Jewish law RELIGION Judaism General RELIGION Judaism Talmud Jewish law Judaism: sacred texts BM520.84 296.172 1618111892 9781618111890 9781618118486 161811848X 9781618111678 1618111671 575996 MIL 22573/ctt21h4j0q JSTOR 104925 Knowledge Unlatched http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=700081 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=700081 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=700081 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=700081 CDX 120814 20200709060058.0 ocn874521436 eng