{"product_id":"9781906764555-maimonides-the-universalist","title":"Maimonides the Universalist","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Ethical Horizons of the Mishneh Torah. Maimonides’ \u003ci\u003eMishneh torah\u003c\/i\u003e presents not only a system of Jewish law, but also a system of values. This study focuses on the moral and philosophical meditations that close each volume of his code. The authors analyse these concluding passages to uncover the universalist outlook underlying Maimonides’ halakhic thought. Maimonides ends each book of his legal code the \u003ci\u003eMishneh torah\u003c\/i\u003e with a moral or philosophical reflection, in which he lifts his eyes, as it were, from purely halakhic concerns and surveys broader horizons. Menachem Kellner and David Gillis analyse these concluding paragraphs, examining their verbal and thematic echoes, their adaptation of rabbinic sources, and the way in which they coordinate with the \u003ci\u003eMishneh torah\u003c\/i\u003e’s underlying structures, in order to understand how they might influence our interpretation of the code as a whole—and indeed our view of Maimonides himself and his philosophy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking this unusual cross-section of the work, Kellner and Gillis conclude that the \u003ci\u003eMishneh torah\u003c\/i\u003e presents not only a system of law, but also a system of universal values. They show how Maimonides fashions Jewish law and ritual as a programme for attaining ethical and intellectual ends that are accessible to all human beings, who are created equally in the image of God.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany reject the presentation of Maimonides as a universalist. The \u003ci\u003eMishneh torah\u003c\/i\u003e especially is widely seen as a particularist sanctuary. This study shows how profoundly that view must be revised.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40699463991393,"sku":"9781906764555","price":50.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_22566146.jpg?v=1712880455","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781906764555-maimonides-the-universalist","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}