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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