TY - BOOK AU - Kraemer,Joel L. TI - Maimonides: the life and world of one of civilization's greatest minds SN - 9780385511995 (alk. paper) AV - BM755.M6 K685 2008 U1 - 296.1/81B 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Doubleday KW - Maimonides, Moses, KW - Rabbis KW - Egypt KW - Biography KW - Jewish philosophers KW - Spain KW - Jewish scholars N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0903/2008032652.html ER -