Commentary

[in chronological order]

Maimonides and the shaping of the Jewish Canon

- Diamond, James, Maimonides and the Shaping of the Jewish Canon, Cambridge, 2014.
In this work, James A. Diamond of the University of Waterloo addresses how Maimonides became part of the Jewish “canon.” From the publisher: Jewish thought since the Middle Ages can be regarded as a sustained dialogue with Moses Maimonides,… More

Maimonides on Knowledge of Good and Evil: The Guide of the Perplexed 1 2

- Burger, Ronna. "Maimonides on Knowledge of Good and Evil: The Guide of the Perplexed 1 2", ed. Pangle, Thomas and Lomax, Harvey in Political Philosophy Cross-Examined: Perennial Challenges to the Philosophic Life (Recovering Political Philosophy), Palgrave Macmillan, New York,  2013.
on The Guide of the Perplexed

Leo Strauss on Maimonides

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Strauss, Leo. Leo Strauss on Maimonides: The Complete Writings. Ed. Kenneth Hart Green. Chicago, U Chicago Press, 2013.

Torah as Political Philosophy

- Edward Halper, “Torah as Political Philosophy: Maimonides and Spinoza on Divine Law,” in Judaic Sources and Western Thought: Jerusalem's Enduring Presence, edited by Jonathan Jacobs, pp. 190-214. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.

On the Limitations of Human Knowledge

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Motzkin, Aryeh Leo. “On the Limitations of Human Knowledge.” In Aryeh Leo Motzkin, Philosophy and the Jewish Tradition, ed. Yehuda Halper. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2011: 147-151.

On The Guide of the Perplexed

Maimonides and Spinoza on Good and Evil

- Motzkin, Aryeh Leo. “Maimonides and Spinoza on Good and Evil.” In Aryeh Leo Motzkin, Philosophy and the Jewish Tradition, ed. Yehuda Halper. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2011: 83-104.
On The Guide of the Perplexed
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Major Works

Guide of the Perplexed

- Recommended translation: The Guide of the Perplexed. Translated with an introduction and notes by Shlomo Pines.With an introductory essay by Leo Strauss. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1963.   Originally composed in Arabic, in 1190.
The Guide presents the Law and philosophy as espousing two different, even contradictory views of the world. The perplexity induced by these two different worldviews is Maimonides’ main subject in the Guide.

Mishneh Torah

- The Mishneh Torah is published in the Yale Judaica series as a 14 volume set entitled The Code of Maimonides. A good place to start is with the second volume, which has been recently re-translated by Menachem Kellner, a noted scholar of Maimonides.  Each Volume is listed individually under the category of the "Mishneh Torah".  
  Mishneh Torah (1177) The Mishneh Torah is a 14-volume comprehensive compendium of Jewish Law, giving authoritative legal guidance on virtually every aspect of the Law, e.g., the foundations of the Law, ethical qualities, marriage and divorce law,… More

Commentary on the Mishnah

- The Commentary on the Mishnah has not been translated into English in its entirety. However, there are translations of Maimonides' introduction to Pirqe Aboth called "The Eight Chapters."   English translation of Eight Chapters, Introduction to Commentary on Avoth by Joseph Isaac Gorfinkle, New York: Columbia UP, 1912.
  Maimonides’ first major work sought to give a clear, accessible and practical explanation of Jewish Law as it is laid out in the Mishnah, the first and most authoritative systematization and reorganization of Jewish Law, probably completed around 200… More
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Multimedia

The Unbinding of Isaac

- "The Unbinding of Isaac," Lecturer: Josef Stern, William H. Colvin, Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago, Shandong University in Jinan, China, 2012
Lecture on Maimonides’ notes about Isaac and Abraham

Leo Strauss Lecture on Maimonides

- Taken from the Leo Strauss Center at Univerity of Chicago, also published in "Leo Strauss on Maimonides: the Complete Writings," ed. Kenneth Hart Green.
A lecture on Maimonides given by Leo Strauss at the Hillel Foundation at the University of Chicago on February 7, 1960.

Other Works

Book of Commandments

- English list of Commandments (Internet Medieval Sourcebook, Fordham University): http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/rambam613.asp
Letters and Essays: Some important examples

Letter on Astrology (1194)

- Trans. Ralph Lerner in Maimonides’ Empire of Light (Chicago: 2000), pp. 178-187.
Letters and Essays: Some important examples

Treatise on Resurrection (1191)

- Trans. Hillel Fradkin in Maimonides’ Empire of Light (Chicago: 2000), pp. 154-177.
Letters and Essays: Some important examples

Epistle to Yemen (1172)

- Recommended Translation: Trans. Joel Kraemer in Maimonides’ Empire of Light (Chicago: 2000), pp. 99-13
Letters and Essays: Some important examples
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