Studies in Maimonides and his interpreters / Marc B. Shapiro.

Scranton, Penn. ; London : University of Scranton Press, [2008], ©2008.

xv, 172 pages, 33 unnumbered pages ; 23 cm

The English section consists of essays by Marc Shapiro; the Hebrew section consists of letters and selections on Maimonides by various authors.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-161) and index.

[English section]. Principles of interpretation in Maimonidean halakhah: traditional and academic perspectives -- To err is human -- Old questions, modern answers -- Maimonidean scholarship: some methodological issues -- Maimonides and kabbalah -- Maimonidean halakhah and superstition -- A note on Maimonides and Muhammad -- Hebrew section. Nahman Isaac Fischmann's letter to Samuel David Luzzatto -- Letters from Rabbi Joseph Kafih -- Selections from the writings of Rabbi Jehiel Jacob Weinberg.

English and Hebrew.