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Maimonides and the Merchants: Jewish Law and Society in the Medieval Islamic World - Jewish Culture and Contexts
Mark R. Cohen
Maimonides and the Merchants: Jewish Law and Society in the Medieval Islamic World - Jewish Culture and Contexts
Mark R. Cohen
In Maimonides and the Merchants, Mark R. Cohen reveals the extent of pragmatic revisions to the halakha, or body of Jewish law, introduced by Moses Maimonides in his Mishneh Torah, the comprehensive legal code he compiled in the late twelfth century.
248 pages, black & white illustrations
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | July 5, 2017 |
ISBN13 | 9780812249149 |
Publishers | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Pages | 248 |
Dimensions | 237 × 163 × 27 mm · 550 g |