TY  - BOOK
AU  - Strickman,H.Norman
TI  - Without red strings or holy water: Maimonides' Mishneh Torah 
T2  - Judaism and Jewish life
SN  - 161811090X
AV  - BM520.84 .S77 2011
U1  - 296.1812 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Brighton, MA
PB  - Academic Studies Press
KW  - Maimonides, Moses,
KW  - Maimonides, Moses
KW  - Maimonides, Moses.
KW  - Mishneh Torah (Maimonides, Moses)
KW  - fast
KW  - Jewish law
KW  - Interpretation and construction
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Jewish philosophy
KW  - Medicine
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Medicine, Medieval
KW  - Judaism
KW  - history
KW  - Spiritual Therapies
KW  - Religion and Medicine
KW  - History, Medieval
KW  - Médecine
KW  - Aspect religieux
KW  - Médecine médiévale
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Sacred Writings
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Jüdische Theologie
KW  - gnd
KW  - Rationalismus
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-164) and index; The Mishneh Torah -- God -- The Commandments -- Magic : demons and evil spirits -- Dangerous practices -- Astrology -- Medicine -- Communicating with the dead -- The Messianic Era -- The Oral Law
N2  - Maimonides was one of the greatest Jewish personalities of the Middle Ages: a halakhist par excellence, a great philosopher, a political leader of his community, and a guardian of Jewish rights. In 1180 CE, Maimonides composed his Halakhic magnum opus, the Mishneh Torah, which can be described without exaggeration as the greatest code of Jewish law to be composed in the post-Talmudic era, unique in scope, originality, and language. In addition to dealing with an immense variety of Jewish law, from the laws of Sabbath and festival observances, dietary regulations, and relations between the sexes, to the sacrifi cial system, the construction of the Temple, and the making of priestly garments, the Mishneh Torah represents Maimonides' conception of Judaism. Maimonides held that the version of Judaism believed in and practiced by many pious Jews of his generation had been infected with pagan notions. In the Mishneh Torah, he aimed at cleansing Judaism from these non-Jewish practices and beliefs and impressing upon readers that Jewish law and ritual are free from irrational and superstitious practices. Without Red Strings or Holy Water explores Maimonides' views regarding God, the commandments, astrology, medicine, the evil eye, amulets, magic, theurgic practices, omens, communicating with the dead, the messianic era, midrashic literature, and the oral law. Without Red Strings or Holy Water will be of interest to all who are interested in the intellectual history of Judaism
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