9780791438244 - Problems and Parables of Law: Maimonides and Nahmanides on Reasons for the Commandments (Ta'Amei Ha-Mitzvot) (S U N Y Series in Judaica) (Suny Series in Judaica, He... (5 Ergebnisse)

Softbound. Zustand: Very Good. Octavo, glossy paper covers, xiv, 201 pp., notes, bibliography, index.

Softbound. Zustand: Very Good. Octavo, glossy paper covers, xiv, 201 pp., notes, bibliography, index Inscribed by the author on the free front endpaper.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. text is free of markings edition. 222 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen; Gebrochener Buchrücken / Seiten oder Softcover umgeknickt. The analysis delves into Maimonides' innovative reinterpretation of the huqqim, commandments traditionally viewed as lacking reason, and his multi-leveled method of interpreting texts. These approaches significantly influenced Nahmanides, who adapted Maimonides' frameworks to convey contrasting ideas. This exploration reveals a nuanced relationship between Maimonides and Nahmanides, challenging the simplistic view of their opposition as a clash between rationalism and mysticism in medieval Judaism.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this first book-length treatment of a subject that has been relatively overlooked by scholars since Isaac Heinemann's classic work in the 1950s, Josef Stern offers an original analysis of two major themes in Maimonides' explanation of the Law and its impact on Nahmanides. The first theme is Maimonides' reconceptualization of the huqqim, those commandments that were traditionally asserted either to have no reason or a reason that is unknown or unknowable. The second theme is Maimonides' application of his method of multi-leveled interpretation that treats texts as parables with 'external' and 'internal' meaning to the explanation of commandments with multiple reasons. Both of these innovative modes of explanation are adopted by Nahmanides, who refined and adapted Maimonides' structures of interpretation to express diametrically opposed contents. From this perspective there emerges a picture of the relation between these two seminal figures of medieval Judaism that is much more subtle than the received opinion that bluntly opposes them, the radical arch rationalist against the mystical traditionalist.