Correspondence
Epistle to Yemen
אגרת תימן (Iggeret Teiman)
Letter to Jacob ben Netanel, leader of the Jews of Yemen, who were suffering forced conversions under a Shiite ruler and the agitation of a man presenting himself as Messiah. Maimonides consoles them, explains the persecutions as trials, argues against Christianity and Islam, advises against calculating the date of redemption (though he passes on a family tradition about it) and declares the would-be Messiah an impostor. It was soon translated into Hebrew and secured Maimonides lasting veneration in Yemen.
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Editions and translations
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English
Epistles of Maimonides: Crisis and Leadership
Jewish Publication Society, 1993
Translation: Abraham Halkin
ISBN 9780827604308
Con discusiones de David Hartman; incluye también la Epístola sobre la apostasía y el Tratado sobre la resurrección.
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Other works by Maimonides
- Commentary on the Mishnah (Kitāb al-Sirāj) · 1168
- Introduction to the Mishnah · 1168
- Introduction to Perek Helek: the Thirteen Principles of Faith · 1168
- Eight Chapters · 1168
- Book of the Commandments (Sefer ha-Mitzvot) · 1170
- Mishneh Torah (The Strong Hand) · 1178
- The Guide of the Perplexed · 1190
- Epistle on Martyrdom (Iggeret ha-Shemad) · 1165
- Treatise on Resurrection · 1191
- Letter on Astrology (to the Sages of Montpellier) · 1195
- Letter to Obadiah the Proselyte · 1180
- Letter to Samuel ibn Tibbon · 1199
- Responsa (Teshuvot) · 1204
- Letters (Iggerot) · 1204
- Laws of the Jerusalem Talmud (fragment) · 1170
- Commentaries on the Babylonian Talmud (lost) · 1160
- Treatise on the Art of Logic · 1160
- Treatise on the Calendar · 1158
- Extracts from Galen (The Art of Cure) · 1190
- Commentary on Hippocrates' Aphorisms · 1195
- Medical Aphorisms (Chapters of Moses) · 1190
- Treatise on Hemorrhoids · 1190
- Treatise on Cohabitation · 1190
- Treatise on Asthma · 1190
- Treatise on Poisons and Their Antidotes · 1199
- Regimen of Health · 1198
- On the Elucidation of Some Symptoms and the Response to Them · 1200
- Glossary of Drug Names · 1200
- Chapters on Happiness (spurious)
- Treatise on Unity (doubtful)
- Oath and Prayer of the Physician (spurious) · 1793
- Ethical Will to his Son (spurious)
- Maimonides (Joel L. Kraemer) · 2008
- Maimonides: Life and Thought (Moshe Halbertal) · 2009
Sources
- Davidson, Herbert A. Moses Maimonides: The Man and His Works. Oxford/Nueva York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
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