The reasons of the laws of Moses : from the "More nevochim" of Maimonides

Author(s)

• Maimonides, Moses
• Townley, James

Bibliographic Information

The reasons of the laws of Moses : from the "More nevochim" of Maimonides

[translated] by James Townley, with notes, dissertations, and a life of the author

Greenwood Press, 1975

Other Title

Dalālat al-ḥāʾirīn

Uniform Title

Dalālat al-ḥāʾirīn

Note

Translation of selections from Dalālat al-ḥāʾirīn

Reprint of the 1827 ed. published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The first complete English-language version of a major portion of More Nevochim. In addition to the translation, Townley provides a short biography of Maimonides and a discussion of Jewish customs and rituals particularly of concern to English scholars of the period.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA66708698
• ISBN:
  • 0837126185
• LCCN: 78097294
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: engara
• Place of Publication: Westport, Conn.
• Pages/Volumes: 451 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BM520.7
  • DC : 296.1/72
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Commandments (Judaism)
  • LCSH : Commandments, Six hundred and thirteen