Summary Points
... The thirteen principles of faith - Jewish creed is still used and found in most Jewish prayer books. Established first code of Jewish law - Mishneh Torah which enabled Jews to know how to act in a given situation without reference to the Talmud. Maimonides code was the basis for the 16th century cod ...
... The thirteen principles of faith - Jewish creed is still used and found in most Jewish prayer books. Established first code of Jewish law - Mishneh Torah which enabled Jews to know how to act in a given situation without reference to the Talmud. Maimonides code was the basis for the 16th century cod ...
book review
... Islam was unambiguously monotheistic. Was it perhaps compatible with Judaism? And if so, why shouldn't a Jew convert? In answering this question for the Jews of Yemen, who posed it to him when faced with Islamic persecution—Maimonides' authority was respected by communities from France to Africa and ...
... Islam was unambiguously monotheistic. Was it perhaps compatible with Judaism? And if so, why shouldn't a Jew convert? In answering this question for the Jews of Yemen, who posed it to him when faced with Islamic persecution—Maimonides' authority was respected by communities from France to Africa and ...
The Philosophy of Maimonides
... correct? Does Scripture teach that God is incorporeal? In this connection, Maimonides – like Abraham ibn Daud – stressed that no positive attributes can be predicated of God since the Divine is an absolute unity. Do you agree? Or do you think there no contradiction in believing that God is one and t ...
... correct? Does Scripture teach that God is incorporeal? In this connection, Maimonides – like Abraham ibn Daud – stressed that no positive attributes can be predicated of God since the Divine is an absolute unity. Do you agree? Or do you think there no contradiction in believing that God is one and t ...
Maimonides` The Guide for the Perplexed is quite possibly his most
... influence of Muslim rule, Maimonides thought often about the meaning of prophecy. After all, Mohammed, according to Islam, is the final prophet of the Lord. This of course conflicts with much of Maimonides’ views concerning the Jewish faith and the fate of the Jewish people (Jewish Creed). So, here ...
... influence of Muslim rule, Maimonides thought often about the meaning of prophecy. After all, Mohammed, according to Islam, is the final prophet of the Lord. This of course conflicts with much of Maimonides’ views concerning the Jewish faith and the fate of the Jewish people (Jewish Creed). So, here ...
