Crafting the 613 Commandments Maimonides on the Enumeration, Classification, and Formulation of the Scriptural Commandments

Rabbinic tradition has it that 613 commandments were given to Moses on Mount Sinai, but it does not specify those included in the enumeration. Maimonides methodically and artfully crafts a list of 613 commandments in a work that serves as a prolegemenon to the Mishneh Torah, his monumental code of l...

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Main Author: Friedberg, Albert D. (auth)
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Language:English
Published: Academic Studies Press 2014
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