Major Works
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,… MoreGuide 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.
Other Works
Epistle to Yemen (1172)
- Recommended Translation: Trans. Joel Kraemer in Maimonides’ Empire of Light (Chicago: 2000), pp. 99-13Letters and Essays: Some important examplesLetter on Astrology (1194)
- Trans. Ralph Lerner in Maimonides’ Empire of Light (Chicago: 2000), pp. 178-187.Letters and Essays: Some important examples
Commentary
The Correspondence Between the Rabbis of southern France and Maimonides about Astrology
-Marx, Alexander. “The Correspondence Between the Rabbis of southern France and Maimonides about Astrology.” Hebrew Union College Annual 3 (1926): 311-57.
Maimonides’ Letter on Astrology
-Lerner, Ralph. “Maimonides’ Letter on Astrology.” History of Religions 8 (1968): 143-58.
Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy
-Strauss, Leo. Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy. Chicago, 1983.
on The Guide of the PerplexedNote on Maimonides’ Letter on Astrology
-Strauss, Leo. “Note on Maimonides’ Letter on Astrology". In Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy. Chicago, University of Chicago Press 1983: 205-7.
Maimonidean Studies Journal
- New York : Michael Scharf Publication Trust of Yeshiva University Press, 1990-Maimonides’ Repudiation of Astrology
-Langermann, Y. Tzvi. “Maimonides’ Repudiation of Astrology.” Maimonidean Studies 2 (1991): 123-158. rprt. Maimonides and the Sciences. ed. Robert S. Cohen and Hillel Levine: 131-158.
Moses Maimonides —Physician, Scientist, and Philosopher
- Moses Maimonides: Physician, Scientist, and Philosopher. ed. Samuel Kottek and Fred Rosner, Northvale, NJ. Jason Aronson Inc, 1993Maimonides’ Approach to Astrology
-Kreisel, Howard. “Maimonides' Approach to Astrology.” Proceedings of the Eleventh World Congress of Jewish Studies 2 (1994): 25-32.
On The Guide of the Perplexed and on Other WorksThe Fall and Rise of Myth in Ritual: Maimonides vs Nahmanides on the Huqqim, Astrology, and the War Against Idolatry
-Stern, Josef. “The Fall and Rise of Myth in Ritual: Maimonides vs Nahmanides on the Huqqim, Astrology, and the War Against Idolatry.” Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy 6 (1997): 185-263.
on The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides and Astronomy: Some Further Reflections
-Langermann, Y. Tzvi. “Maimonides and Astronomy: Some Further Reflections.” The Jews and the Sciences in the Middle Ages, IV, 1-26.
On The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides and the Sciences
-Maimonides and the Sciences. ed. R. S. Cohen and H. Levine. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2000
Maimonides’ Opposition to Astrology: Critical Survey and Neoplatonic Response
-Pessin, Sarah. “Maimonides’ Opposition to Astrology: Critical Survey and Neoplatonic Response.” Al-Masaq: Islam and the Medieval Mediterranean 13 (2001): 25-41.
Queries on Astrology Sent from Southern France to Maimonides: Critical Edition of the Hebrew Text, Translation, and Commentary
-Sela, Shlomo. “Queries on Astrology Sent from Southern France to Maimonides: Critical Edition of the Hebrew Text, Translation, and Commentary.” Aleph 4 (2004): 89-190.
The Cambridge Companion to Maimonides
-The Cambridge Companion to Maimonides. Ed. Kenneth Seeskin. Cambridge University Press, Illinois, 2005
The Classic Jewish Philosophers
- Schweid, Eliezer, The Classic Jewish Philosophers: from Saadia through the Renaissance. Trans. L. Levin. Leiden and Boston, Brill Press, 2008.Maimonides: The Life and World of One of Civilization’s Greatest Minds
-Kraemer, Joel. Maimonides: The Life and World of One of Civilization's Greatest Minds. Doubleday, 2008/Random House 2010.
From the publisher: “This authoritative biography of Moses Maimonides, one of the most influential minds in all of human history, illuminates his life as a philosopher, physician, and lawgiver. A biography on a grand scale, it brilliantly explicates one… MoreMoses Maimonides: The Man and His Works
- Davidson, Herbert. Moses Maimonides: The Man and His Works. Oxford, 2010Biography of Moses MaimonidesLeo Strauss on Maimonides
-Strauss, Leo. Leo Strauss on Maimonides: The Complete Writings. Ed. Kenneth Hart Green. Chicago, U Chicago Press, 2013.