the life and world of one of civilization's greatest minds Kraemer, Joel L. creator text bibliography biography nyu New York Doubleday c2008 2008 1st ed. monographic eng

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xvi, 621 p. ; 25 cm. 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. Joel L. Kraemer Includes bibliographical references (p. [484]-596) and index. f-ua--- e-sp--- 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 9780385511995 (alk. paper) 038551199X (alk. paper) 2008032652 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0903/2008032652.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0903/2008032652.html DLC 080728 20150916145229.0 15385801