Crafting the 613 Commandments Friedberg Albert D.
Crafting the 613 Commandments Friedberg Albert D. Rabbinic tradition has it that 613 commandments were given to Moses on Mount Sinai, but it does not specify those included in the enumeration. This…
Specifikacia Crafting the 613 Commandments Friedberg Albert D.
Crafting the 613 Commandments Friedberg Albert D.
Rabbinic tradition has it that 613 commandments were given to Moses on Mount Sinai, but it does not specify those included in the enumeration. This book explores the surprising way Maimonides put this tradition to use and his possible rationale for using such a tradition. 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.
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 It also explores many of the philosophical and ethical ideas animating the composition of such a list.