Correspondence
Epistle on Martyrdom (Iggeret ha-Shemad)
אגרת השמד / מאמר קידוש השם
Reply to a rabbi who had declared that Jews outwardly uttering the Islamic profession of faith under the Almohads were apostates and that their prayers were worthless. The author argues that under coercion it is better to emigrate, but that whoever yields out of fear does not lose his Jewish status and must go on observing the commandments in secret. Its attribution to Maimonides is traditional; Herbert Davidson has questioned it.
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Authorship note
Traditional attribution, disputed by Davidson (2005).
Editions and translations
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English
Epistles of Maimonides: Crisis and Leadership
Jewish Publication Society, 1993
Translation: Abraham Halkin
ISBN 9780827604308
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
- 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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