Moses Maimonides משה בן מימון Mosche ben Maimon - Sephardim, Mischne Tora מִשְׁנֶה תּוֹרָה, Prohibitions on Yom Kippur & Shabbat, Deer Skin, Córdoba - 1350

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The limited, signed Hebrew manuscript of Moses Maimonides’ *Mishne Torah*, concerning prohibitions on Yom Kippur and Shabbat, is written on deer skin and dates from 1350–1380 in Córdoba.

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Moses Maimonides Moses ben Maimon
Sephardim

Mischne Tora Mishneh Torah
Verbote am Jom Kippur & am Schabbat

Córdoba, around 1320-1380
Goldfarbenen Reh-Haut (Damwild-Hirsch)

-Hilchot Yesodei ha-Torah (Hebrew הִלְכּוֹת יְסוֹדי התורה; Laws on the Principles of the Torah)
-Hilchot De'ot (Hebrew הִלְכּוֹת דְּעוֹת; Laws of Philosophy)
-Hilchot Talmud Torah (Hebrew הִלְכּוֹת תלמוד תורה; Laws on Talmudic study)
-Hilchot Avodah Sara we-Chukot ha-Goyim, Laws on the prohibition of idolatry
-Hilchot T'shuva (Hebrew הִלְכּוֹת תְּשׁוּבָה; Laws on repentance)

In 1180 Mischne Torah appeared ('Repeating the Law'), a revision of rabbinic legal interpretation in 14 volumes, which organized Mishnah and Torah in strictly logical order. The work was, among other things, heavily criticized by Rabbi Abraham ben David of Posquières, which, also in connection with controversies surrounding his philosophical-religious stance, led to the Maimonides dispute. Nevertheless, Maimonides is regarded as the absolute authority in the field of religious-law literature. In contrast to Maimonides’ other major works, which were written in Arabic, Mischne Torah is originally written in Hebrew.

* Old Hebrew manuscript
* Rare and precious mulberry ink
* preserved and restored with beeswax
* Use of the Old Hebrew letters "Pai" and "Zai"
* about 700-year-old manuscript on real deer skin (stag hide)

Content:
"Guide for the Indecisive"

The Guide for the Indecisive also spread in Europe in the 13th century and, despite initial attempts at prohibition, became one of the central writings in religious and philosophical debates. In particular, Thomas Aquinas critically engaged with it and developed his theory of analogy partly in response to the negative theology of the Dux neutrorum. More favorable reception earlier came from Albertus Magnus, later Meister Eckhart and Nikolaus von Kues. Spinoza also engages with it mostly critically. In the 18th century Moses Mendelssohn and especially Salomon Maimon drew on Maimonides’ work to establish a modern Judaism in the spirit of the Enlightenment. Among the many thinkers influenced by Maimonides in the 19th and 20th centuries are for example Hermann Cohen with his neo-Kantian ethical interpretation and Leo Strauss, whose interpretation of Maimonides posited a hidden radical textual intention and is today usually viewed critically.

Beautiful and absolutely rare manuscript of the Mishneh Torah Mishneh Torah on the prohibitions on Yom Kippur & Shabbat.
Precious Torah manuscript on gold-colored deer-hide (stag) from Córdoba, circa 1320-1380.

I guarantee the age and originality.

Moses Maimonides Moses ben Maimon
Sephardim

Mischne Tora Mishneh Torah
Verbote am Jom Kippur & am Schabbat

Córdoba, around 1320-1380
Goldfarbenen Reh-Haut (Damwild-Hirsch)

-Hilchot Yesodei ha-Torah (Hebrew הִלְכּוֹת יְסוֹדי התורה; Laws on the Principles of the Torah)
-Hilchot De'ot (Hebrew הִלְכּוֹת דְּעוֹת; Laws of Philosophy)
-Hilchot Talmud Torah (Hebrew הִלְכּוֹת תלמוד תורה; Laws on Talmudic study)
-Hilchot Avodah Sara we-Chukot ha-Goyim, Laws on the prohibition of idolatry
-Hilchot T'shuva (Hebrew הִלְכּוֹת תְּשׁוּבָה; Laws on repentance)

In 1180 Mischne Torah appeared ('Repeating the Law'), a revision of rabbinic legal interpretation in 14 volumes, which organized Mishnah and Torah in strictly logical order. The work was, among other things, heavily criticized by Rabbi Abraham ben David of Posquières, which, also in connection with controversies surrounding his philosophical-religious stance, led to the Maimonides dispute. Nevertheless, Maimonides is regarded as the absolute authority in the field of religious-law literature. In contrast to Maimonides’ other major works, which were written in Arabic, Mischne Torah is originally written in Hebrew.

* Old Hebrew manuscript
* Rare and precious mulberry ink
* preserved and restored with beeswax
* Use of the Old Hebrew letters "Pai" and "Zai"
* about 700-year-old manuscript on real deer skin (stag hide)

Content:
"Guide for the Indecisive"

The Guide for the Indecisive also spread in Europe in the 13th century and, despite initial attempts at prohibition, became one of the central writings in religious and philosophical debates. In particular, Thomas Aquinas critically engaged with it and developed his theory of analogy partly in response to the negative theology of the Dux neutrorum. More favorable reception earlier came from Albertus Magnus, later Meister Eckhart and Nikolaus von Kues. Spinoza also engages with it mostly critically. In the 18th century Moses Mendelssohn and especially Salomon Maimon drew on Maimonides’ work to establish a modern Judaism in the spirit of the Enlightenment. Among the many thinkers influenced by Maimonides in the 19th and 20th centuries are for example Hermann Cohen with his neo-Kantian ethical interpretation and Leo Strauss, whose interpretation of Maimonides posited a hidden radical textual intention and is today usually viewed critically.

Beautiful and absolutely rare manuscript of the Mishneh Torah Mishneh Torah on the prohibitions on Yom Kippur & Shabbat.
Precious Torah manuscript on gold-colored deer-hide (stag) from Córdoba, circa 1320-1380.

I guarantee the age and originality.

Details

Number of books
1
Author/ Illustrator
Moses Maimonides משה בן מימון Mosche ben Maimon
Book title
Sephardim, Mischne Tora מִשְׁנֶה תּוֹרָה, Prohibitions on Yom Kippur & Shabbat, Deer Skin, Córdoba
Subject
Bibles, Judaica, Law, Memorabilia, Religion, Science
Condition
Good
Language
Hebrew
Publication year oldest item
1350
Original language
Yes
Binding/ Material
Leather
Publication year youngest item
1380
Extras
Limited edition, Signed, Signed by author
Height
30 cm
Number of pages
1
Width
16 cm
Signature
Signed
GermanyVerified
66
Objects sold
Private

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