Hello, I'm new to this group and have just begun studying the RAMBAM's life and works. Can anyone recommend good translations of selections from his works...
Welcome. I can't answer for the French except to say that most people think the French Munk translation of the Guide is one of the very great translations. ...
Thanks very much. I'd recently gotten a copy of Twersky's edition and am burrowing thru the detailed introduction. It would be great if someone of Twersky's...
Yes and no. Sometimes newer is not better. Newer is good when the translator brings in the results of recent scholarship, but worse when it mistranslates...
Scott Alexander
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Dec 28, 2006 4:02 pm
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Just thought I'd let you know. You can view the entire Friedlander edition (the old good one) on Google books. ...
I just saw it. Barukh Hashem al ha-Google! The only problem is it is only volume 1, as far as I was able to tell. But that is still a great blessing....
Thank you. It is "must" reading. I am ordering it....
Scott Alexander
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Feb 19, 2007 3:24 pm
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B"H Rabbi Hayim Kessar on the subject of Halachic Rule in the Land of Israel (Taken from his Questions & Responsa, "Hahayim wehashalom," Miscellaneous Items,...
My username is sheldonlg. My full name is Sheldon Glickler. I have been posting to Jewish groups and lists for over 10 years. I am currently a member of the...
... Thank you for writing, Shelly. I think your post raises an interesting point which ties in to my work on the Lexicon in the Guide of the Perplexed,...
Scott, I take no offense simply because I don't understand what you are saying. I think, even with my rather above average IQ, I need a little bit of K.I.S.S....
... are ... little bit ... perhaps do it ... and do it ... talk to ... it. When ... Ok. I'm game. What you are saying is that God lacks power to resurrect...
I don't know why, but your response is coming in such a manner that when I ... From: "Scott M. Alexander" <scottmalexander@...> ... are ... little bit ... ...
... The former is prerequisite to the latter, I would think. Really understanding the way the Rambam thought is really necessary to figuring out if we really ...
... Yes to both. ... That is also an appropriate question. ... I know of very few people who take what he wrote as gospel, and in any event I am not sure if...
Scott Alexander
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Mar 5, 2007 11:12 pm
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My thanks, as always, to Jon Baker, for his perceptive comments. And he has a swell Rambam website. Scott Alexander...
Scott Alexander
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Mar 5, 2007 11:15 pm
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From: "Scott Alexander" <smalexand@...> ... It also led to the constitution and the Bill of Rights and the greatest country ever to live in. ... OK. ...
... I think you have to understand that we draw distinctions between halacha, aggadah and hashkafah (the first two being source material, the last being ...
... Date on this? Is this the break between the Zoharists and the Maimonists? Since, as is known, Maran the Bet Yosef was a kabbalist, not that he inserted ...
... Well, one difference is that the "modern" philosophy of the founders was deeply informed by ideas from religion and ancient philosophy. These were men who...
Scott Alexander
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Mar 6, 2007 5:45 pm
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... um, what is OCR? We do not usually follow other listserve discussions for the ideas on this one. ... It would be presumptuous of me to make such a...
Scott Alexander
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Mar 6, 2007 5:58 pm
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... Here I part company with Mr. Baker. There is a new book out by Menahem Kellner on Maimonides and Mysticism, I have it on order, but it comes by slow boat....
Scott Alexander
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Mar 6, 2007 6:18 pm
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Scott; ... Orthodox vs. Conservative vs. Reform "who is a more authentic expression of Judaism" debates. Popular on newsgroup soc.culture.jewish.moderated and...
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