Maimonides :
Kraemer, Joel L.
Maimonides : the life and world of one of civilization's greatest minds / Joel L. Kraemer - 1st ed. - New York : Doubleday, c2008. - xvi, 621 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [484]-596) and index.
Andalusia -- Córdoba -- Andalusian Jewish culture -- Early studies -- Early writings -- Fez to Acre -- Refuge in Fez -- Martyrdom or survival -- Did Maimonides convert to Islam? -- The beautiful land -- Egypt: the early years -- Stranger in a foreign land -- Commentary on the Mishnah -- Saladin and the Ayyubids -- The great Rav in Israel -- Epistle to Yemen -- Moses and David -- Egypt: the middle years -- Zuta the wicked -- Communal affairs -- Responsa -- Mishneh Torah -- Egypt: the late years -- The guide of the perplexed -- The treatise on resurrection -- Epistle on astrology and lunel correspondence -- The physician.
9780385511995 (alk. paper) 038551199X (alk. paper)
2008032652
Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204.
Rabbis--Egypt--Biography.
Jewish philosophers--Egypt--Biography.
Rabbis--Spain--Biography.
Jewish scholars--Spain--Biography.
BM755.M6 / K685 2008
296.1/81 B
Maimonides : the life and world of one of civilization's greatest minds / Joel L. Kraemer - 1st ed. - New York : Doubleday, c2008. - xvi, 621 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [484]-596) and index.
Andalusia -- Córdoba -- Andalusian Jewish culture -- Early studies -- Early writings -- Fez to Acre -- Refuge in Fez -- Martyrdom or survival -- Did Maimonides convert to Islam? -- The beautiful land -- Egypt: the early years -- Stranger in a foreign land -- Commentary on the Mishnah -- Saladin and the Ayyubids -- The great Rav in Israel -- Epistle to Yemen -- Moses and David -- Egypt: the middle years -- Zuta the wicked -- Communal affairs -- Responsa -- Mishneh Torah -- Egypt: the late years -- The guide of the perplexed -- The treatise on resurrection -- Epistle on astrology and lunel correspondence -- The physician.
9780385511995 (alk. paper) 038551199X (alk. paper)
2008032652
Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204.
Rabbis--Egypt--Biography.
Jewish philosophers--Egypt--Biography.
Rabbis--Spain--Biography.
Jewish scholars--Spain--Biography.
BM755.M6 / K685 2008
296.1/81 B