When Maimonides' Mishneh Torah reached Lunel, France, scholars composed twenty-four objections to his positions. Maimonides' rejoinder opened with an unusual rhymed prose epistle with effusive praise for his correspondents and artistic and complex language. In this book, Charles Sheer offers the first annotated translation of the entire epistle.
When Maimonides' Mishneh Torah reached Lunel, France, scholars composed twenty-four objections to his positions. Maimonides' rejoinder opened with an unusual rhymed prose epistle with effusive praise for his correspondents and artistic and complex language. In this book, Charles Sheer offers the first annotated translation of the entire epistle.
Rabbi Charles Sheer holds an M.A. in Talmudic Literature from Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, and Ordination from Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. For 34 years he was campus rabbi at Columbia University and Barnard College. He currently serves at a medical center as chaplain and member of the bioethics faculty. His publications include ¿ Bikkur Holim: The Origin of Jewish Pastoral Care¿ and ¿Torah u-Madda and the Brain Death Debate,¿ in Halachic Realities: Collected Essays on Brain Death (Maggid Books, 2015).
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Preface Introduction Maimonides and the Lunel Scholars The Correspondence between Maimonides and French Scholars 1) Maimonides Grand Iggeret to R. Jonathan of Lunel 2) The First Half of the Iggeret in Rhymed Prose 3) Maimonides Unanticipated and Problematic Style Reversal 4) Maimonides Letter to Judge Anatoli 5) The Letters from R. Jonathan of Lunel 6) The Second Half of the Iggeret in Unadorned Prose 7) Maimonides and the Lunel Scholars Reconsidered Appendix Endnotes
Preface Introduction Maimonides and the Lunel Scholars The Correspondence between Maimonides and French Scholars 1) Maimonides Grand Iggeret to R. Jonathan of Lunel 2) The First Half of the Iggeret in Rhymed Prose 3) Maimonides Unanticipated and Problematic Style Reversal 4) Maimonides Letter to Judge Anatoli 5) The Letters from R. Jonathan of Lunel 6) The Second Half of the Iggeret in Unadorned Prose 7) Maimonides and the Lunel Scholars Reconsidered Appendix Endnotes
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