Reading Maimonides' Mishneh Torah:
"David Gillis's highly original study of Maimonides' Mishneh Torah demonstrates that its form reflects a belief that observance of the divine commandments of the Torah brings the individual and society into line with the cosmic order. He shows that the Mishneh Torah is intended to be...
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| Summary: | "David Gillis's highly original study of Maimonides' Mishneh Torah demonstrates that its form reflects a belief that observance of the divine commandments of the Torah brings the individual and society into line with the cosmic order. He shows that the Mishneh Torah is intended to be an object of contemplation as well as a prescription for action, with the study of it in itself bringing the reader closer to knowledge of God"-- |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XV, 445 S. graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 9781906764067 |
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| adam_text | Titel: Reading Maimonides Mishneh Torah
Autor: Gillis, David
Jahr: 2015
Contents
List of Tables ¿i
Note on Transliteration ¿Ü
Note on Sources and Conventions xiv
introduction: APortraitofthe Artist i
The Cosmic Model i
Aggadah in Mishneb Torah 7
Mishneh Torah as Art: The History of an Idea 12
Defining Art xj
The Poet in Maimonides Republic 20
Necessities and Literary Invention 29
Art as lmitatio Dei 3 5
MaimonidesandModernLiteraryTheory 48
Literary Models: Hebrew as Genre 50
Structures of the Commandments 65
Summary: Philosopher, Statesman, Artist 78
1. In God s Image 80
Two Scholars 82
Man as Microcosm 93
Man as Microcosm in the Guide of the Perplexed 97
Intellectual Virtue and Moral Virtue x 00
Moral Virtue s Two Phases in Mishneh Torah 105
Self-Knowledge and the Knowledge of God x 10
In Maimonides Workshop 134
Virtue Ethics and Command Ethics: Abraham and Moses x 44
Portrait of Perfection 150
Summary x 54
2. The Great Thing and the Small Thing : Mishneh Torah 156
as Microcosm
The Divide in Mishneh Torah 158
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CONTENTS
How Many Spheres Make a Universe? 162
The Spheres and the Commandments 165
The Commandment as Form 170
From Knowledge That to Knowledge OP r 79
Origin of the Commandments r 88
Performance of the Commandments and Immortality 190
Fourteen 192
Some Contrasts 195
Summary 206
3. Emanation 208
Maimonides on Emanation 2 r o
According to Greatness and Degree 2 r r
First and Second Intention 220
The Love-Awe Polarity 222
The Hierarchy of Holiness 224
The Flow of Form from the Book of Knowledge 239
The Sacrifice Paradox 260
Mikveb as Metaphor 262
Summary 2Ó8
4. Return 269
The Ladder of the Commandments and the Ladder of Prophecy 272
From Dystopia to Utopia 278
LossandRestoration 285
Rationalizing the Commandments: Mishneh Torab versus the Guide 29t
Why Is Laws of Mourning Where It Is? 329
Summary 325
5. From Theory to History, via Midrash: A Commentary on 326
Laws of the Foundations of the Torah , 6:9 and 7: 3
The Problem of Laws of the Foundations of the Torah , 6:9 327
How to Read 336
The Problem of Laws of the Foundations of the Torah , 7:3 343
Theory and History in the Prophet s Epiphany 346
Mishneh Torah as Prophecy 359
Summary 366
CONTENTS
xi
6. Conclusion: Mishneh Torah as Parable 368
The Lost Language of the Commandments 368
AJacob s Ladder 372
Literary Devices 373
The Problem of Obsolescence 375
Silver and Gold 3 76
appendix i. The Books and Sections of Mishneh Torah 387
appendix il. The Philosophical Background 391
Outline ofNeoplatonism 391
The World According to Alfarabi and Avicenna 3 94
Glossary 403
Bibliography 407
Index of Citations 42 5
Index of Subjects 433
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