Assessing the (Non-)Reception of Mishneh Torah in Medieval Ashkenaz.
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Scholarly article/ peer-reviewed. Open-Access.
Abstract
Several studies published during the past two decades have sought
to explain why Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah is hardly cited in the
rabbinic literature of northern Europe at least until the mid-thirteenth
century.1 This study argues that a nuanced evaluation of the pattern
of citations from Mishneh Torah in Sefer Or Zarua by Isaac b. Moses
of Vienna (d. c. 1250), along with an assessment of the citations
from Mishneh Torah that appear in Ashkenazic writings which are
not focused primarily on Talmudic studies and law, can yield a fuller
understanding of the place of Mishneh Torah in medieval Ashkenaz.
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https://www.academia.edu/43990655/Ephraim_Kanarfogel_Assessing_the_Non_Reception_of_Mishneh_Torah_in_Medieval_Ashkenaz_in_Yitzhak_Berger_and_Chaim_Milikowsky_eds_In_the_Dwelling_of_a_Sage_Lie_Precious_Treasures_Essays_in_Jewish_Studies_in_Honor_of_Shnayer_Z_Leiman_New_York_Yeshiva_University_Press_2020_123_145https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/6478
Citation
Kanarfogel, Ephraim. “Assessing the (Non-)Reception of Mishneh Torah in Medieval Ashkenaz,” in Yitzhak Berger and Chaim Milikowsky, eds., ‘In the Dwelling of a Sage Lie Precious Treasures’: Essays in Jewish Studies in Honor of Shnayer Z. Leiman (New York: Yeshiva University Press, 2020), 123-145
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