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 examples
Commentary
Maimonides: a Biography
- Zeitlin, Solomon. Maimonides: a Biography. 2nd ed. New York, 1955.Biography on Moses MaimonidesMaimonides as Chief Justice
-Goitein, S.D. “Maimonides as Chief Justice.” Jewish Quarterly Review 49 (1959): 191-204.
On the Mishneh TorahMoses Maimonides, Man of Action: a Revision of the Master’s Biography in Light of the Geniza Documents
- Goitein, S. D. “Moses Maimonides, Man of Action: a Revision of the Master’s Biography in Light of the Geniza Documents.” Hommage à Georges Vajda. ed. G. Nahon and Ch. Touati: 155-67.Biography of Moses MaimonidesMaimonides: a Biography
- Heschel, A. J. Maimonides: a Biography. trans. from the 1935 German edition by Joachim Neugroschel. New York, 1982.Biography on Moses MaimonidesPerspectives on Maimonides: Philosophical and Historical Studies
-Perspectives on Maimonides: Philosophical and Historical Studies. ed. Joel L. Kraemer Oxford, 1991.
Maimonides’ Putative Position as Official Head of the Egyptian Jewish Community
-Davidson, Herbert. “Maimonides’ Putative Position as Official Head of the Egyptian Jewish Community.” Hazon Nahum: Studies Presented to Dr Norman Lamm in Honor of His Seventieth Birthday. ed. Yaakov Elman and Jeffrey S. Gurock:115-28.
Biography of Moses MaimonidesThe 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 after 800 Years: Essays on Maimonides and His Influence
-Maimonides after 800 Years: Essays on Maimonides and His Influence. ed. Jay M. Harris. Cambridge, Mass. & London. 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.
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