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Maimonides' "Empire of Light" : Popular Enlightenment in an Age of Belief

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Much of the writing of and about the 12th century rabbi, philosopher and theologian Moses Maimonides is addressed to an elite audience of philosophers and intellectuals.

Here, the author reveals that the education of the common man was one of Maimonides' chief concerns.

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University of Chicago Press
0226473139 / 9780226473130
Hardback
181.06
01/10/2000
United States
226 pages
160 x 240 mm, 520 grams
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