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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.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Judaism

• Full title: Crafting the 613 Commandments
• Author: Albert D. Friedberg
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400
• EAN: 9781618113870
• ISBN: 9781618113870
• ID: 02812833
• Publisher: Academic Studies Press
• Weight: 610 g
• Dimensions: 156 × 234 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 03. April 2014

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