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Maimonides the Universalist
The Ethical Horizons of the Mishneh Torah

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Maimonides' Mishneh torah presents not only a system of Jewish law, but also a system of values. This study focuses on the moral and philosophical meditations that close each volume of his code. The authors analyse these concluding passages to uncover the universalist outlook underlying Maimonides' halakhic thought.


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Professor Kellner is chair of the Department of Philosophy and Jewish Thought, Shalem College, Jerusalem and Wolfson Professor Emeritus of Jewish Thought, University of Haifa.


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Maimonides’ Mishneh torah presents not only a system of Jewish law, but also a system of values. This study focuses on the moral and philosophical meditations that close each volume of his code. The authors analyse these concluding passages to uncover the universalist outlook underlying Maimonides’ halakhic thought.

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Authors Menachem (Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Jewish Thought Kellner, Menachem (Chair of the Department of Phil Kellner, Menachem Kellner, David Gillis
Publisher Liverpool University Press
 
Content Book
Product form Paperback / Softback
Publication date 01.05.2025
Subject Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism
 
EAN 9781802078923
ISBN 978-1-80207-892-3
Pages 416
 
Series The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
 

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