Maimonides
Oath and Prayer of the Physician (spurious)
Traditional attribution
Oath and Prayer of the Physician (spurious)
Gebet eines Arztes / תפילת הרופא
A physician's prayer asking God for love of his art and of the sick, widely used in medical schools as an alternative to the Hippocratic Oath. It appeared in print in German at the end of the eighteenth century and research attributes it to the physician Markus Herz, a pupil of Kant; it is not by Maimonides.
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Authorship note
Spurious; attributed to Markus Herz (1747–1803).
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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 to Yemen · 1172
- 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)
- 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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