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 Traditions of Maimonideanism:

Contents

• • Preliminary Material (i-x)   (187K)
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    • Contents
    • Introduction
  • Critical Remarks On Medical Authorities: Maimonides' Commentary On Hippocrates' Aphorisms (1-16) by Samuel Kottek   (146K)
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    • Maimonides’ Comment On Galen’S Commentary
    • The First Aphorism
    • Critical Remarks On Hippocrates
    • Critical Remarks On Galen
    • Conclusion
    • Bibliography
  • Dissemination Of Maimonides' Medical Writings In The Middle Ages (17-32) by Lola Ferre   (177K)
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    • Dissemination Through The Arabic Language
    • Translations Of Maimonides’ Works
    • Dissemination In The Hebrew Language
    • Translations And Dissemination In Latin
    • Conclusions
    • Bibliography
  • Maimonides' Contribution To Women'S Healthcare And His Influence On The Hebrew Gynaecological Corpus (33-50) by Carmen Caballero-Navas   (202K)
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    • Maimonides On Women And Islamic Medicine
    • Commentary On The Aphorisms Of Hippocrates (Shar Fuūl Abruqrā)
    • Medical Aphorisms (Kitāb Al-Fuūl)
    • The Hebrew Corpus Of Medical Literature On Women
    • Maimonides’ Impact On Hebrew Medical Writings
    • Bibliography
  • The Structure Of Mishneh Torah (51-100) by Joseph Tabory   (366K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The Order Of The Mishnah According To Maimonides
    • 3. The Order Of The Mishneh Torah
    • Bibliography
    • Maimonides On The Prayers (Stefan C. Reif)
  • Maimonides—Father And Son: Continuity And Change (101-138) by Paul B. Fenton   (274K)
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    • Polemics
    • Exegesis
    • Halâkhâh
    • Ethics
    • The Attitude Of Abraham Maimonides And His Contemporaries To Philosophy
    • Bibliography
  • Abraham Maimuni'S Prayer Reforms: Continuation Or Revision Of His Father'S Teachings? (139-154) by Mordechai A. Friedman   (183K)
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    • Bibliographical Abbreviations
  • Shar Al-Dalāla: A Commentary To Maimonides’ Guide From Fourteenth-Century Yemen (155-176) by Tzvi Langermann   (230K)
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    • Glosses To The Very First Words Of The Guide
    • Maimonides’ Instructions Obverted?
    • Rewriting Chapters
    • Situating Shar Al-Dalāla
    • Shift In (Public) Posture Towards Al-Ghazālī
    • Yemeni Variants To The Text Of The Dalāla
    • Bibliography
  • From Maimonides To Samuel Ibn Tibbon: Interpreting Judaism As A Philosophical Religion (177-212) by Carlos Fraenkel   (341K)
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    • 1. Interpreting Judaism As A Philosophical Religion
    • 2. From Maimonides’ Disciple To Maimonides’ Successor
    • 3. The Bookshelf Of The Arabic Falāsifa
    • 4. Ibn Tibbon And The History Of Philosophy In Arabic And Hebrew
    • 5. Opposition To The Interpretation Of Judaism As A Philosophic Religion
    • Bibliography
  • Ahabah Ba-Ta'Anugim: A Fourteenth-Century Maimonidean Encyclopedia (213-222) by Esti Eisenmann   (165K)
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    • Summary
    • Bibliography
  • Late Medieval Jewish Writers On Maimonides (223-244) by Angel Saenz-Badillos   (200K)
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    • Profyat Duran
    • Shelomoh Bonafed
    • Abraham Bibago
    • Abraham Shalom
    • Bibliography
  • Maimonides' Disputed Legacy (245-276) by Menachem Kellner   (253K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Curricular Reform And The Nature Of Torah
    • 3. Universalism
    • 4. Concluding Remarks
    • Bibliography
  • The Image Of Maimonides In Habad Hasidism (277-312) by Naftali Loewenthal   (270K)
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    • Joined In Paradox?
    • Maimonides And Mysticism
    • Devekut
    • Maimonides And Early Habad
    • Tzemah Tzedek
    • Rabbi Shalom Dovber
    • Contemporary Habad: Mishneh Torah, The Guide, Kabbalah
    • The Bursting Forth Of The Wellsprings
    • “Mitzvah Campaigns”
    • Maimonides’ Depiction Of The Menorah
    • Annual Study Programme Of Mishneh Torah
    • The Personal Example Of Maimonides
    • Messianism
    • This-Worldly Spirituality
    • Bibliography
  • Anthropomorphisms In Early Rabbinic Literature: Maimonides And Modern Scholarship (313-354) by Yair Lorberbaum   (293K)
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    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Historical Background
    • 3. Rejection Of Anthropomorphism—The Structure Of The Argument And Basic Assumptions
    • 4. The Folk Literature Thesis
    • 5. Poetic Language
    • 6. The Experience Of Encounter
    • 7. Attributes Of Action
    • 8. Anthropopathism
    • 9. Genesis Rabba 21:7, “Great Is The Power Of Prophets, Who Liken The Form To Its Creator”
    • 10. Allegory (Mashal)
    • 11. Anthropomorphisms And The Aramaic Targums
    • 12. Other Approaches
    • Bibliography
  • Index Of Names (355-358)   (102K)