Crafting the 613 Commandments: Maimonides on the Enumeration, Classification, and Formulation of the Spiritual Commandments (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781618113870)

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.

Author: Albert D. Friedberg
ISBN-10: 1618113879
ISBN-13: 9781618113870
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Language: English
Published: 03/15/2014
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.82d