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Maimonides
Available to listen. Last broadcast yesterday, 21:30 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts). Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work and influence of Maimonides. Widely regarded as the greatest Jewish philosopher of the medieval period, Maimonides was also a physician and rabbinical authority. Also known as Rambam, his writings include a 14-volume work on Jewish law, the Mishneh Torah, which is still widely used today, and the Guide for the Perplexed, a central work of medieval philosophy. Although undoubtedly a titan of Jewish intellectual history, Maimonides was also profoundly influenced by the Islamic world. He exerted a strong influence on later Islamic philosophy, as well as on thinkers ranging from Thomas Aquinas to Leibniz and Newton. With: John Haldane Sarah Stroumsa Peter Adamson Producer: Thomas Morris. S. Stroumsa, 'Maimonides in His World: Portrait of a Mediterranean Thinker' (Princeton UP, 2009) Several chapters in D. H. Frank and O. Leaman (eds.) 'The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Jewish Philosophy' (Cambridge, 2003); in particular, D. H. Frank, “Maimonides and Medieval Jewish Aristotelianism”, pp. 136-156; and T. Langermann, “Maimonides and the Sciences”, pp. 157-175 H. A. Davidson, 'Moses Maimonides: The Man and His Works' (Oxford, 2005) T. Rudavsky, 'Maimonides' (Blackwell and Great Minds Series, 2010) J. M. Harris (ed.), 'Maimonides After 800 Years: Essays on Maimonides and His Influence' (Cambridge, Mass., 2007) K. Seeskin (ed.), 'The Cambridge Companion to Maimonides' (Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2005) C. Sirat, 'A History of Jewish Philosophy in the Middle Ages' (Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1985)MAIMONIDES
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Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews
Alice and Jack Ormut Professor of Arabic Studies and currently Rector at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at King's College London.FURTHER READING
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