Book Summary
Moses Maimonides (1135-1204), scholar, physician, and philosopher, was the most influential Jewish thinker of the Middle Ages. In this magisterial new biography, the work of many years, Herbert Davidson provides an exhaustive guide to Maimonides' life and works. After considering Maimonides' upbringing and education, Davidson expounds all of his voluminous writings in exhaustive detail, with separate chapters on rabbinic, philosophical, and medical texts. This long-awaited volume is destined to become the standard work on this towering figure of Western intellectual history.
Book Details
| Book Name | Moses Maimonides: The Man And His Works |
| Author | Herbert A. Davidson |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, Usa (Sep 2004) |
| ISBN | 9780195173215 |
| Pages | 584 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 3545 |
