Shofar, September 22nd, 2001
Problems and Parables of Law: Maimonides and Nahmanides on Reasons for the Commandments (Ta'amei Ha-Mitzvot), by Josef Stem. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1998. 201 pp. $49.50 (c); $16.95 (p).
One wonders if it is possible to contribute anything novel and enlightening to the virtually inundated field of Maimonidean studies. Though the field is undoubtedly worthy of all the attention, the caliber of scholarship does not always rise to the exacting standards of circumspection which Maimonides himself demanded of his readers. Josef Stem's book qualifies him to be counted amon...
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