TY - BOOK AU - Friedberg, Albert D. AB - 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 law. This book explores the surprising way Maimonides put this tradition to use and his possible rationale for using such a tradition. It also explores many of the philosophical and ethical ideas animating the composition of such a list. In the book's second half, Friedberg examines the manner by which Maimonides formulated positive commandments in the Mishneh Torah, leading him to suggest new dimensions in Maimonides' legal theory. DO - 10.2307/j.ctt21h4wf8 ID - OAPEN ID: 1006476 ID - OAPEN ID: OCN: 1135848413 ID - OAPEN ID: http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/23667 KW - Theology & Religion KW - Rabbinic texts KW - Maimonides KW - Jewish philosophy KW - Mishneh Torah KW - Jewish law KW - thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRJ Judaism::QRJF Judaism: sacred texts and revered writings L1 - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/23667/1/1006476.pdf L1 - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/23667/1/1006476.pdf L1 - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/23667/1/1006476.pdf L1 - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/23667/1/1006476.pdf LA - English LK - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/25880 PB - Academic Studies Press PY - 2014-02-01 SN - 9781618118486 TI - Crafting the 613 Commandments : Maimonides on the Enumeration, Classification, and Formulation of the Scriptural Commandments ER -