Reading Maimonides' Mishneh Torah
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Reading Maimonides' Mishneh Torah
（The Littman library of Jewish civilization）
The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2015
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-423) and indexes
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内容説明
In this highly original study, David Gillis demonstrates that the Mishneh torah, Maimonides' code of Jewish law, has the structure of a microcosm. Through this symbolic form, Maimonides presents the law as designed to perfect the individual and society by shaping them in the image of the divinely created cosmic order. The commandments of the law thereby bring human beings closer to fulfilling their ultimate purpose, knowledge of God. This symbolism turns the Mishneh torah into an object of contemplation that itself communicates such knowledge. In short, it is a work of art.
Gillis unpacks the metaphysical and cosmological underpinnings of Maimonides' scheme of organization with consummate skill, allowing the reader to understand the Mishneh torah's artistic dimension and to appreciate its power. Moreover, as he makes clear, uncovering this dimension casts new light on one of the great cruxes of Maimonides studies: the relationship of the Mishneh torah to his philosophical treatise The Guide of the Perplexed. A fundamental unity is revealed between Maimonides the codifier and Maimonides the philosopher that has not been fully appreciated hitherto.
Maimonides' artistry in composition is repeatedly shown to serve his aims in persuading us of the coherence and wisdom of the halakhic system. Gillis's fine exegesis sets in high relief the humane and transcendental purposes and methods of halakhah as Maimonides conceived of it, in an argument that is sure-footed and convincing.
目次
List of tables
Note on Transliteration
Note on Sources and Conventions
Introduction: A Portrait of the Artist
The Cosmic Model - Aggadah in Mishneh torah - Mishneh torah as Art: The History of an Idea - Defining Art - The Poet in Maimonides' Republic - Necessities and Literary Invention - Art as Imitatio Dei - Maimonides and Modern Literary Theory - Literary Models: Hebrew as Genre - Structures of the Commandments - Summary: Philosopher, Statesman, Artist
1 In God's Image
Two Scholars - Man as Microcosm - Man as Microcosm in the Guide of the Perplexed - Intellectual Virtue and Moral Virtue - Moral Virtue in Mishneh torah 1: Preparation for Intellectual Virtue - Moral Virtue's Two Phases in Mishneh torah - Self-Knowledge and the Knowledge of God * In Maimonides' Workshop * Virtue Ethics and Command Ethics: Abraham and Moses - Portrait of Perfection - Summary
2 The 'Great Thing' and the 'Small Thing': Mishneh torah as Microcosm
The Divide in Mishneh torah - How Many Spheres Make a Universe? - The Spheres and the Commandments - The Commandment as Form - From 'Knowledge That' to 'Knowledge Of' - Origin of the Commandments - Performance of the Commandments and Immortality - Fourteen - Some Contrasts - Summary
3 Emanation
Maimonides on Emanation - 'According to Greatness and Degree' - First and Second Intention - The Love-Awe Polarity - The Hierarchy of Holiness - The Flow of Form from the Book of Knowledge - The Sacrifice Paradox - Mikveh as Metaphor - Summary
4 Return
The Ladder of the Commandments and the Ladder of Prophecy - From Dystopia to Utopia - Loss and Restoration - Rationalizing the Commandments: Mishneh torah versus the Guide - Why Is 'Laws of Mourning' Where It Is? - Summary
5 From Theory to History, via Midrash: A Commentary on 'Laws of the Foundations of the Torah', 6: 9 and 7: 3
The Problem of 'Laws of the Foundations of the Torah', 6: 9 - How to Read - The Problem of 'Laws of the Foundations of the Torah', 7: 3 - Theory and History in the Prophet's Epiphany - Mishneh torah as Prophecy - Summary
6 Conclusion: Mishneh torah as Parable
The Lost Language of the Commandments - A Jacob's Ladder - Literary Devices - The Problem of Obsolescence - Silver and Gold
Appendix I: The Books and Sections of Mishneh torah
Appendix II: Philosophical Background
Outline of Neoplatonism - The World According to Alfarabi and Avicenna
Glossary
Bibliography
Index of Citations
Index of Subjects
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