Maimonides and the Merchants

Author	: Mark R. Cohen
Publisher	: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages	: 248
Release	: 2017-07-05
ISBN-10	: 9780812249149
ISBN-13	: 0812249143
Rating	: 4/5 (143 Downloads)

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Book Synopsis Maimonides and the Merchants by : Mark R. Cohen

Download or read book Maimonides and the Merchants written by Mark R. Cohen and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Maimonides and the Merchants Related Books

Language: en
Pages: 248

Maimonides and the Merchants

Authors: Mark R. Cohen

Categories: Biography & Autobiography

Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-07-05 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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 i

Language: en
Pages: 247

Maimonides and the Merchants

Authors: Mark R. Cohen

Categories: Religion

Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-05-12 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The advent of Islam in the seventh century brought profound economic changes to the Jews living in the Middle East, and Talmudic law, compiled in and for an agr

Language: en
Pages: 383

Letters of Medieval Jewish Traders

Authors: S. D. Goitein

Categories: Travel

Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-03-08 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Modern international business has its origins in the overseas trade of the Middle Ages. Of the various communities active in trade in the Islamic countries at t

Language: en
Pages: 248

Maimonides in His World

Authors: Sarah Stroumsa

Categories: Philosophy

Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-08-31 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

While the great medieval philosopher, theologian, and physician Maimonides is acknowledged as a leading Jewish thinker, his intellectual contacts with his surro

Language: en
Pages: 336

Migrating Words, Migrating Merchants, Migrating Law

Authors:

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-11-26 - Publisher: BRILL

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Migrating Words, Migrating Merchants, Migrating Law examines the connections that existed between merchants’ journeys, the languages they used and the develop