Moses Maimonides (1135-1204), scholar, physician, and philosopher, was the most influential Jewish thinker of the Middle Ages. In this biography, the work of many years, Herbert Davidson provides an exhaustive guide to Maimonides' life and works. There are separate chapters on rabbinic, philosophical, and medical texts.
Moses Maimonides (1135-1204), scholar, physician, and philosopher, was the most influential Jewish thinker of the Middle Ages. In this magisterial new biography, the work of many years, Herbert Davidson provides an exhaustive guide to Maimonides' life and works. After considering Maimonides' upbringing and education, Davidson expounds all of his voluminous writings in exhaustive detail, with separate chapters on rabbinic, philosophical, and medical texts. This long-awaited volume is destined to become the standard work on this towering figure of Western intellectual history.
Prof. Herbert A. Davidson is equally at home in the rabbinic tradition and in the history of philosophy - Greek, Arabic, Jewish, and Latin. This intimate acquaintance with Maimonides' two cultures allows him to offer a comprehensive and contextualized account of Maimonides' entire oeuvre... no one will be able to ignore the forceful argments of Davidson's prudent, balanced, and informed scholarship.
