Maimonides
Mishneh Torah (The Strong Hand)
Written work · Essential works
Mishneh Torah (The Strong Hand)
משנה תורה (Mishneh Torah) / היד החזקה
Complete code of Jewish law in fourteen books (hence the nickname *Yad ha-Hazakah*, "the strong hand", since *yad* equals fourteen), written in clear Mishnaic Hebrew between about 1168 and 1178. It covers everything: the *Book of Knowledge*, with the foundations of faith, ethics and repentance; prayer, the Sabbath and festivals; marriage; food; the Temple and sacrifices; civil and criminal law; and it concludes with the laws of kings and the messianic era. It omits the Talmudic discussions and the sources to give only the decision, which provoked criticism such as the glosses of Abraham ben David of Posquières, printed ever since alongside the text. It became the basis of later codes such as the *Arba'ah Turim* and the *Shulhan Arukh*, and is still studied daily.
Editions and translations
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English
Maimonides
Mishneh Torah: Sefer Taharah
The Conscious LibraryMishneh Torah: Sefer Taharah
Moznaim, 2009
Translation: Eliyahu Touger
ISBN 9781885220684
Maimonides
Mishneh Torah (trad. con comentarios de Eliyahu Touger)
The Conscious LibraryMishneh Torah (trad. con comentarios de Eliyahu Touger)
Moznaim, 1986
Translation: Eliyahu Touger
Serie en numerosos volúmenes (1986–2007).
Hebreo
Maimonides
Mishneh Torah
The Conscious LibraryMishneh Torah
Roma, impresor anónimo, 1480
Edición príncipe, hacia 1480.
Maimonides
Mishneh Torah (con las glosas del Raavad, ed. Nahum Rabinovitch, Yad peshutah)
The Conscious LibraryMishneh Torah (con las glosas del Raavad, ed. Nahum Rabinovitch, Yad peshutah)
Ma'aliyot, 1983
Maimonides
Mishneh Torah (Kehot)
The Conscious LibraryMishneh Torah (Kehot)
Kehot, 2004
ISBN-10 082660899X.
Deutsch
Maimonides
Das Buch der Erkenntnis
The Conscious LibraryDas Buch der Erkenntnis
Akademie Verlag, 1994
ISBN 9783050023144
Ed. Eveline Goodman-Thau y Christoph Schulte.
Español
Maimonides
Leyes sobre el matrimonio (Hilkot ishut) del Mishné Torá
The Conscious LibraryLeyes sobre el matrimonio (Hilkot ishut) del Mishné Torá
Verbo Divino, 2010
ISBN 9788499450995
Traducción parcial al español.
Русский
Maimonides
Mishne Tora (Kodeks Maimonida)
The Conscious LibraryMishne Tora (Kodeks Maimonida)
Knizhniki / Lechaim, 2010
Translation: Meir Levinov y otros
ISBN 9785995300779
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
- 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)
- 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
- Twersky, Isadore. Introduction to the Code of Maimonides (Mishneh Torah). New Haven: Yale University Press, 1980.
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