Medical Works of Moses Maimonides
Moses Maimonides was not only one of the greatest medieval philosophers and experts in Jewish law, but an eminent physician as well. Until now, however, his medical writings have not received their scholarly due. Brigham Young University and its Middle Eastern Texts Initiative are pleased to sponsor and publish the Medical Works of Moses Maimonides, making critical editions and reliable English translations of these texts available for the first time to scholars, students, and other interested readers.
The texts that appear in this series are among the cultural treasures of the world, representing as they do the medieval efflorescence of Arabic-Islamic civilization-a civilization in which works of impressive intellectual stature were composed not only by Muslims but also by Christians, Jews, and others in a quest for knowledge that transcended religious and ethnic boundaries. Together they not only preserved the best of Greek thought but enhanced it, added to it, and built upon it a corpus of scientific and philosophical understanding that is properly the inheritance of all the peoples of the world. |
