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Maimonides : the life and world of one of civilization's greatest minds
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- Creator
- Joel L. Kraemer
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York : Doubleday, [2008]
- ©2008
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 621 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780385511995, 038551199X
- OCLC
- ocn149202111
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [484]-596) and index.
- Andalusia -- Córdoba -- Andalusian Jewish culture -- Early studies -- Early writings -- Fez to Acre -- Refuge in Fez -- Martyrdom or survival -- Did Maimonides convert to Islam? -- The beautiful land -- Egypt: the early years -- Stranger in a foreign land -- Commentary on the Mishnah -- Saladin and the Ayyubids -- The great Rav in Israel -- Epistle to Yemen -- Moses and David -- Egypt: the middle years -- Zuta the wicked -- Communal affairs -- Responsa -- Mishneh Torah -- Egypt: the late years -- The guide of the perplexed -- The treatise on resurrection -- Epistle on astrology and lunel correspondence -- The physician