Maimonides and the Merchants
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Maimonides and the Merchants by Mark R Cohen
In Maimonides and the Merchants, Mark R. Cohen reveals the extent of pragmatic revisions to the halakha, or body of Jewish law, introduced by Moses Maimonides in his Mishneh Torah, the comprehensive legal code he compiled in the late twelfth century.
"Maimonides and the Merchants opens a new window onto Maimonides' unprecedentedly systematic and comprehensive code of lawCohen's exceptionally clear and cogent readings of Mishneh Torah, balanced against previous rabbinic legal writings on the one hand and Geniza evidence on the other, successfully establish Mishneh Torah as a social-political endeavor addressed to a real-life audience." * Islamic Law and Society *
Mark R. Cohen is Khedouri A. Zilkha Professor of Jewish Civilization in the Near East, Emeritus, and Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Emeritus, Princeton University. He is author of Poverty and Charity in the Jewish Community of Medieval Egypt and Under Crescent and Cross: The Jews in the Middle Ages.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780812249149 |
| ISBN 10 | 0812249143 |
| Title | Maimonides and the Merchants |
| Author | Mark R Cohen |
| Series | Jewish Culture And Contexts |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Year published | 2017-07-05 |
| Number of pages | 248 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Finalist for the 2017 National Jewish Book Award for Scholarship 2021 |
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