The Eight Chapters of Maimonides on Ethics (Shemonah Perakim): A Psychological and Ethical Treatise, Edited, Annotated, and Translated, With an Introduction (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple
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The Hebrew translation of the Shemonah Perakim of Mai-monides, despite its importance in the history of Jewish ethics during the Middle Ages, has never been presented in a critical edition. This Dr. Gorfinkle has done in the present volume with acumen and with much diligence. To this purpose, he has examined carefully a number of manuscripts and printed editions. He has also compared the Arabic original throughout, and has given in the notes his reasons for accepting or rejecting certain readings. In order that the work may be accessible to readers who do not understand Hebrew, an English translation has been added.
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Excerpt from The Eight Chapters of Maimonides on Ethics (Shemonah Perakim): A Psychological and Ethical Treatise, Edited, Annotated, and Translated, With an Introduction
The Hebrew translation of the Shemonah Perakim of Mai-monides, despite its importance in the history of Jewish ethics during the Middle Ages, has never been presented in a critical edition. This Dr. Gorfinkle has done in the present volume with acumen and with much diligence. To this purpose, he has examined carefully a number of manuscripts and printed editions. He has also compared the Arabic original throughout, and has given in the notes his reasons for accepting or rejecting certain readings. In order that the work may be accessible to readers who do not understand Hebrew, an English translation has been added.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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The Hebrew translation of theS hemondh Perakim of Maimonides, despite its importance in the history of Jewish ethics during theM iddle A ges, has never been presented in a critical edition. This Dr. Gorfinkle has done in the present volume with acumen and with much diligence. To this purpose, he has examined carefully a number of manuscripts and printed editions. He has also compared the A rabic original throughout, and has given in the notes his reasons for accepting or rejecting certain readings. In order that the work may be accessible to readers who do not understand Hebrew, anE nglish translation has been added. EICHARD GOTTHEIL. Mat,
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