Language:
English
Pages:
xxxiv, 429 Seiten
Year of publication:
1965
Series Statement:
Yale Judaica series 16
Series Statement:
Yale Judaica series The Code of Maimonides
Abstract:
The fifth Book of Maimonides' codification of ancient Jewish law and ritual sets forth the rule and exercise of holy living as prescribed by divine ordinance. It comprises three treatises: laws concerning illicit intercourse, laws concerning forbidden food, and laws concerning the making of animal flesh fit for human consumption. Maimonides stresses the disciplinary intent of the laws, which counteract the worldly tendency to regard pleasure as the purpose of man's existence. Chastity and temperance are seen as higher disciplines intended by divine revelation.
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