Maimonides

The Life and World of One of Civilization's Greatest Minds

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Release Date: 02/09/2010
Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC
Classification: Nonfiction
Classification: Nonfiction
Series: N/A
Language: English
Format: Unabridged edition
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs, Jewish
Author: Joel L. Kraemer
Read by: Sean Pratt
Duration: 1201 minutes
Run Time: 1201 minutes
Language: English
Language: English
16 Audio CD(s) - 9781520020242
2 Audio MP3 CD(s) - 9781520020259

Maimonides

The Life and World of One of Civilization's Greatest Minds

By Joel L. Kraemer

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs, Jewish

Audio CD

08/23/2016

16 Audio CD

1201 minutes

9781520020242

Audio MP3 CD

08/23/2016

2 Audio MP3 CD

1201 minutes

9781520020259

Description:

As a physician, Maimonides is associated with Hippocrates as a founder of modern medicine; his influence in philosophy is equal to that of Plato, Aristotle, Spinoza, and Kant; in religion, he is as significant as Moses, Martin Luther, and Saint Augustine; and as a lawgiver, he has been recognized by the United States Congress as one of the greatest alongside Hammurabi and Thomas Jefferson. Now, in a dazzling work of scholarship, Joel Kraemer tells the complete story of Maimonides' rich life.

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There are few things all Jews can agree on, but one may be that there is no figure in Judaism in the last 1,000 years who is as revered as Moses ben Maimon (1135-1204), better known by the Greek form of his name, Maimonides. Joel L. Kraemer's extensive biography Maimonides brings this venerated rabbi and physician to life for a new generation of readers..., Shaul Magid, , The Washington Post

...a definitive biography of medieval Judaism's chief intellectual sage..., Publishers Weekly

Kraemer...has a talent for synthesis, distilling Maimonides' entire corpus of writing...into a fluid and accessible narrative...compelling even for readers unfamiliar with Maimonides' contributions to philosophy., Booklist

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