Major Works
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… MoreMishneh 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 examplesTreatise on Resurrection (1191)
- Trans. Hillel Fradkin in Maimonides’ Empire of Light (Chicago: 2000), pp. 154-177.Letters and Essays: Some important examplesTreatise on the Calendar (ma’amar ha-‘ibbur)
- This has not been translated from the original Arabic.Letters and Essays: Some important examplesBook of Commandments
- English list of Commandments (Internet Medieval Sourcebook, Fordham University): http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/rambam613.aspLetters 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.
Philosophy and the Law
-Strauss, Leo. Philosophy and the Law, Tr. Eve Adler. Albany, 1995. Translation of Philosophie und Gesetz: Beiträge zum Verständnis Maimunis und seiner Vorläufer. Berlin, 1935.
on The Guide of the PerplexedEssays on Maimonides: An Octocentennial Volume
-Essays on Maimonides: An Octocentennial Volume, ed. Salo W. Baron. New York, 1941
The Beginnings of Mishneh Torah Criticism
-Twersky, Isadore. “The Beginnings of Mishneh Torah Criticism.” Biblical and Other Studies. ed. Alexander Altmann: 161-83.
On the Mishneh TorahA Maimonides Reader
- Twersky, Isadore. A Maimonides Reader (New York, 1972).On the Mishneh TorahThe Mishneh Torah of Maimonides
- Twersky, Isadore. “The Mishneh Torah of Maimonides.” Proceedings of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities 5 (1971-79): 265-96.On the Mishneh TorahAlfarabi’s Opinions of the Virtuous City and Maimonides’ Foundations of the Law
-Kraemer, Joel L. “Alfarabi’s Opinions of the Virtuous City and Maimonides’ Foundations of the Law.” Studia Orientalia Memoriae D. H. Baneth Dedicata. ed. J. Blau et al.:107-53.
On The Guide of the Perplexed and Commentary on the MishnahIntroduction to the Code of Maimonides (Mishneh Torah)
- Twersky, Isadore. Introduction to the Code of Maimonides (Mishneh Torah). New Haven, 1980.On the Mishneh TorahMaimonides’ ‘Iggeret Ha-Shemad: Law and Rhetoric
-Soloveitchik, H. “Maimonides’ ‘Iggeret Ha-Shemad: Law and Rhetoric.” Joseph H. Lookstein Memorial Volume. New York, 1980.
The Obligation of Talmud on Women According to Maimonides
- Harvey, Warren Ze’ev. “The Obligation of Talmud on Women According to Maimonides.” Tradition 19 (1981): 122-30.On the Mishneh Torah and on the Commentary on the MishnahStudies in Jewish Law and Philosophy
-Twersky, Isadore. Studies in Jewish Law and Philosophy. New York, 1982.
On the Mishneh TorahNotes on Maimonides’ Book of Knowledge
-Strauss, Leo. “Notes on Maimonides’ Book of Knowledge.” In Studies in Mysticism and Religion presented to Gershom G. Scholem on his Seventieth Birthday by Pupils, Colleagues and Friends. Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1967. Rprt. In Strauss, Leo. Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy. Chicago, University of Chicago Press 1983: 192-204.
On the Mishneh TorahStudies in Platonic Political Philosophy
-Strauss, Leo. Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy. Chicago, 1983.
on The Guide of the PerplexedThe Treatment of Islam and Muslims in the legal writings of Maimonides
-Novak, David. “The Treatment of Islam and Muslims in the legal writings of Maimonides.” Studies in Islamic and Judaic Traditions. ed. W. Brinner and S. Ricks: 233-50.
On the Mishneh TorahSitre ‘Arayot in Maimonides’ Thought
-Idel, Moshe. “Sitre ‘Arayot in Maimonides’ Thought.” Maimonides and Philosophy. ed. S. Pines and Y.Yovel: 79-91.
on The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides and Philosophy: Papers Presented at the Sixth Jerusalem Philosophical Encounter
-Maimonides and Philosophy: Papers Presented at the Sixth Jerusalem Philosophical Encounter. May, 1985. (Dordrecht, 1986) edited by Shlomo Pines and Yirmiyahu Yovel
Biblical Religion and Political Rationality in Simone Luzzatto, Maimonides and Spinoza
-Septimus, Bernard. “Biblical Religion and Political Rationality in Simone Luzzatto, Maimonides and Spinoza.” Jewish Thought in the Seventeenth Century. ed. Isadore Twersky and Bernard Septimus: 399-434.
On the Mishneh TorahMaimonidean Studies Journal
- New York : Michael Scharf Publication Trust of Yeshiva University Press, 1990-Studies in Maimonides
- Studies in Maimonides. ed. Isadore Twersky. Cambridge Mass., 1990.Maimonides’ Ethics: The Encounter of Philosophic and Religious Morality
- Weiss, Raymond L. Maimonides’ Ethics: The Encounter of Philosophic and Religious Morality. Chicago, 1991.On the Mishneh Torah, the Commentary on the Mishnah, and the Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides on Judaism and the Jewish People
-Kellner, Menachem. Maimonides on Judaism and the Jewish People. Albany, N. Y., 1991.45 – Also cite under Mishneh Torah.
On The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides’ 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.
Perspectives on Maimonides: Philosophical and Historical Studies
-Perspectives on Maimonides: Philosophical and Historical Studies. ed. Joel L. Kraemer Oxford, 1991.
The Thought of Moses Maimonides
-The Thought of Moses Maimonides. ed. Lawrence Kaplan, Ira Robinson, and Julien Bauer, Edwin Mellen Press,1991
Maimonides’ Attitude to Magic and to Related Types of Thinking
-Safran, Bezalel. “Maimonides’ Attitude to Magic and to Related Types of Thinking.” Porat Yosef: Studies Presented to Rabbi Dr Joseph Safran: 92-110.
Moses Maimonides —Physician, Scientist, and Philosopher
- Moses Maimonides: Physician, Scientist, and Philosopher. ed. Samuel Kottek and Fred Rosner, Northvale, NJ. Jason Aronson Inc, 1993Interpreting Maimonides: Studies in Methodology, Metaphysics, and Moral Philosophy
-Fox, Marvin . Interpreting Maimonides: Studies in Methodology, Metaphysics, and Moral Philosophy. Chicago, 1994.
on The Guide of the PerplexedTwelfth Century Concepts of Soul and Body: The Maimonidean Controversy in Baghdad
-Stroumsa, Sarah. “Twelfth Century Concepts of Soul and Body: The Maimonidean Controversy in Baghdad.” In Self, Soul, and Body in Religious Experience, edited by J Assmann Alfred Baumgarten, G Stroumsa, 313-334.
on The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides on the “Decline of the Generations” and the Nature of Rabbinic Authority
-Kellner, Menachem. Maimonides on the “Decline of the Generations” and the Nature of Rabbinic Authority. Albany, N. Y., 1996.
On The Guide of the PerplexedThe Basis of Maimonides’ Concept of Halakhah
-Henshke, David. “The Basis of Maimonides’ Concept of Halakhah.” Hebrew LawAnnual 20 (1997): 103-149
On the Mishneh TorahMaimonides and Eretz Israel: Halakhic, Philosophic, and Historical Perspectives
- Twersky, Isadore. “Maimonides and Eretz Israel: Halakhic, Philosophic, and Historical Perspectives.” Perspectives on Maimonides. ed. Joel L. Kraemer: 257-290.On the Mishneh TorahMaimonides: Nature, History, and Messianic Beliefs
-Funkenstein, Amos. Maimonides: Nature, History, and Messianic Beliefs. Tel Aviv, 1997.
on The Guide of the PerplexedThe 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 PerplexedProblems and Parables of Law: Maimonides and Nahmanides on Reasons for the Commandments (Ta‘amei ha-Mitzvot)
- Stern, Josef. Problems and Parables of Law: Maimonides and Nahmanides on Reasons for the Commandments (Ta‘amei ha-Mitzvot). Albany, N. Y., 1998.on The Guide of the PerplexedThe Status of Islam in Maimonidean Halakhah
- Bildstein, Gerald. “The Status of Islam in Maimonidean Halakhah.” Multiculturalism in a Democratic and Jewish State. ed. Avi Sagi, Menachem Mautner, and Ronen Shamir: 465-476.On the Mishneh TorahMaimonides’ Political Thought: Studies in Ethics, Law, and the Human Ideal
-Kreisel, Howard. Maimonides’ Political Thought: Studies in Ethics, Law, and the Human Ideal. Albany, N. Y., 1999.
On The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonidean Halakhah and Superstition
-Shapiro, Marc. “Maimonidean Halakhah and Superstition.” Maimonidean Studies 4 (2000): 61-108.
on the Commentary on the MishnahAspects of Maimonides’ Epistemology: Halakhah and Science
- Twersky, Isadore. “Aspects of Maimonides’ Epistemology: Halakhah and Science.” Maimonides and the Sciences. ed. Robert S. Cohen and Hillel Levine: 227-243.On the Mishneh TorahMedicine versus Religion in the Works of Maimonides
-Lieber, Elinor. “Medicine versus Religion in the Works of Maimonides.” Oriente Moderno 19 (2000): 577-590.
Naturalism and Universalism in Maimonides’ Political and Religious Thought
- Kraemer, Joel L. “Naturalism and Universalism in Maimonides’ Political and Religious Thought.” Me’ah She‘arim: Studies in Medieval Jewish Spiritual Life in Memory of Isadore Twersky. ed. G. Blidstein et al.: 47-81.On The Guide of the PerplexedAsceticism in the Thought of R. Bahya Ibn Paquda and Maimonides
-Kreisel, Howard. “Asceticism in the Thought of R. Bahya Ibn Paquda and Maimonides.” Da‘at 21 (2002): 5-22.
On The Guide of the PerplexedCriticism of Authority in the Writings of Moses Maimonides and Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
-Langermann, Y. Tzvi. “Criticism of Authority in the Writings of Moses Maimonides and Fakhr al-Din al-Razi.” Early Science and Medicine 7 (2002): 255-275.
On The Guide of the PerplexedSanctity and Silence: The Religious Significance of Maimonides’ Negative Theology
-Seeskin, Kenneth. “Sanctity and Silence: The Religious Significance of Maimonides’ Negative Theology.”American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 76 (2002): 7-24
On The Guide of the PerplexedThe Cambridge Companion to Medieval Jewish Philosophy
- The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Jewish Philosophy. ed. Daniel H. Frank and Oliver Leaman. Cambridge, 2003.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
Maimonides’ Confrontation with Mysticism
-Kellner, Menachem. Maimonides’ Confrontation with Mysticism. Oxford & Portland, Or., 2006.
On The Guide of the PerplexedWorship, Corporeality and Human Perfection: a Reading of The Guide of the Perplexed III.5 1–54
- Shatz, David. “Worship, Corporeality and Human Perfection: a Reading of The Guide of the Perplexed III.5 1–54.” The Thought of Moses Maimonides: Philosophical and Legal Studies (Studies in the History of Philosophy, vol. 17). ed. Lawrence Kaplan, Julien Bauer, and Ira Robinson: 77-129.on The Guide of the PerplexedConverts, Heretics and Lepers: Maimonides and the Outsider
- James Diamond, Converts, Heretics and Lepers: Maimonides and the Outsider, University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, Indiana, 2007From the publisher: James Diamond’s new book consists of a series of studies addressing Moses Maimonides’ (1138–1204) appropriation of marginal figures—lepers, converts, heretics, and others—normally considered on the fringes of society and… MoreThe 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 and His Heritage
-Maimonides and His Heritage. ed. Idit Dobbs-Weinstein, Lenn Goodman, and James Allen Grady, S U N Y press, Series in Jewish Philosophy, 2009
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 MaimonidesMaimonides the Rationalist
-Davidson, Herbert. Maimonides the Rationalist. Littman Library Of Jewish Civilization, 2011
Biography of Moses MaimonidesTorah 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.Leo Strauss on Maimonides
-Strauss, Leo. Leo Strauss on Maimonides: The Complete Writings. Ed. Kenneth Hart Green. Chicago, U Chicago Press, 2013.