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… 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
Treatise on Logic Makalah fi Sina’at al-Mantik, Millot ha-Higgayon
- This has not been translated from the original Arabic.Letters and Essays: Some important examples
Commentary
The Amphibolous Terms in Aristotle, Arabic Philosophy and Maimonides
-Wolfson, Harry Austryn. “The Amphibolous Terms in Aristotle, Arabic Philosophy and Maimonides.” Harvard Theological Review 31 (1938): 151-73. rprt. Studies in the History of Philosophy and Religion. ed. I. Twersky and G. H. Williams. vol. 1: 455-77.
on The Guide of the PerplexedEssays on Maimonides: An Octocentennial Volume
-Essays on Maimonides: An Octocentennial Volume, ed. Salo W. Baron. New York, 1941
Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy
-Strauss, Leo. Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy. Chicago, 1983.
on The Guide of the PerplexedNote on Maimonides’ Treatise on the Art of Logic
- Strauss, Leo. “Note on Maimonides’ Treatise on the Art of Logic". In Studies in Platonic Political Philosophy. Chicago, University of Chicago Press 1983: 208-9.Maimonidean Studies Journal
- New York : Michael Scharf Publication Trust of Yeshiva University Press, 1990-Maimonides on the Philosophic Sciences in his Treatise on the Art of Logic
-Kraemer, Joel. “Maimonides on the Philosophic Sciences in his Treatise on the Art of Logic.” Perspectives on Maimonides. ed. Joel L. Kraemer: 77-104.
Maimonides on Language and the Science of Language
-Stern, Josef. “Maimonides on Language and the Science of Language.” Maimonides and the Sciences. ed. Robert S. Cohen and Hillel Levine:173- 226.
on The Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides’ Demonstrations: Principles and Practice
-Stern, Josef. “Maimonides’ Demonstrations: Principles and Practice.” Medieval Philosophy and Theology 10 (2001): 47-84.
on The Guide of the PerplexedMoses 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.