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This book takes issue with the widespread assumption that Maimonides' famous Thirteen Principles are the last word in Orthodox Jewish theology.

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More than 800 years after his death, the figure of Moses Maimonides—, rabbi, philosopher, doctor, and communal leader—, continues to fascinate. "Studies in Maimonides and His Interpreters" unites the traditional rabbinic approach and the modern academic perspective to forge a new understanding of this iconic teacher. , This groundbreaking work by Marc B. Shapiro, which includes an essay on Maimonides’, approach to superstit...

One of the foremost scholars of the Talmud in the last century, Saul Lieberman (1898-1983) is also an intriguing and controversial figure. Highly influential in Orthodox society, he left Israel in 1940 to accept an appointment at the Jewish Theological Seminary, a Conservative institution. During his forty years at the Seminary, Lieberman served in the Rabbinical Assembly as one of the most important arbiters of Jewish law, though his decision...

A consideration of how segments of Orthodox society rewrite the past by eliminating that which does not fit in with their contemporary world-view. This wide-ranging and original review of how this policy is applied in practice adds a new perspective to Jewish intellectual history and to the understanding of the contemporary Jewish world"--