Maimonides

The first of a series of books dealing with “Jewish Worthies,” this volume presents the biography of, perhaps, the most famous Jewish thinker of the Middle Ages with special regard to the general history of the period at which he lived. FRONT MATTER......Page 2 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 PREFACE......Page 6 CONTENTS......Page 8 CHAPTER I. EARLY YEARS IN CORDOVA (1135–1148)......Page 10 CHAPTER II. THE UNITARIAN PERSECUTION (1148–1159)......Page 26 CHAPTER III. LIFE IN FEZ (1160–1165......Page 42 CHAPTER IV. WITH SALADIN IN CAIRO (1165–1174)......Page 64 CHAPTER V. THE “SIRAJ”—COMMENTARY ON THE MISHNAH (1168)......Page 80 CHAPTER VI. THE CHANGE OF DYNASTY......Page 104 CHAPTER VII. THE “MISHNEH-TORAH,” OR RELIGIOUS CODE (1180)......Page 124 CHAPTER VIII. FRIENDS AND FOES......Page 140 CHAPTER IX. THE HOLY WAR (1187–1192)......Page 156 CHAPTER X. “THE GUIDE OF THE PERPLEXED” (1190)......Page 169 CHAPTER XI. LAST YEARS (1193–1204)......Page 198 CHAPTER XII. THE INFLUENCE OF MAIMONIDES......Page 214 NOTES......Page 228 GENEALOGICAL TABLE......Page 243 INDEX......Page 244