Maimonidean

Baer, along with his friend Ben-Zion Dinur, was known for his antipathy to the enlightened cosmopolitanism of the Andalusian-Maimonidean tradition and his zealous Zionism.

David Shasha: Dangerous Mystic Motifs in Judaism 2010

In the final chapter of the book, entitled "Influence of the Mind as Regards Beauty," Lady Montefiore's Maimonidean classicism truly comes to the fore:

David Shasha: Finding Jewish Feminism in a Handbook from Victorian England 2010

In the final chapter of the book, entitled "Influence of the Mind as Regards Beauty," Lady Montefiore's Maimonidean classicism truly comes to the fore:

David Shasha: Finding Jewish Feminism in a Handbook from Victorian England 2010

We can see the tension at the heart of Kellner's argument, a tension that forces his hand in accepting the absolute authenticity of the mystical-occult tradition of the Kabbalah and rejecting the Jewish validity of Maimonidean rationalism.

David Shasha: Dangerous Mystic Motifs in Judaism 2010

This Anglo-Sephardic tradition, in the best Maimonidean fashion, had acculturated to the intellectual standards prevalent in the European Enlightenment.

David Shasha: Finding Jewish Feminism in a Handbook from Victorian England 2010

This Anglo-Sephardic tradition, in the best Maimonidean fashion, had acculturated to the intellectual standards prevalent in the European Enlightenment.

David Shasha: Finding Jewish Feminism in a Handbook from Victorian England 2010

But doing so through distinctions and liberal interpretations would never lead to the wholesale abandonment of the Talmudic prohibitions, which was the de facto, if not the de jure, Maimonidean position.

Killer Wife in Jewish Law and Lore. 2009

It's undoubtedly easier to understand than a college textbook on Maimonidean philosophy, but ultimately an unsatisfying choice, and it doesn't allow Kraemer to pursue hisargument about Maimonides 'importance.

Alex Remington: Joel Kraemer's Maimonides Biography: Impressive Scholarship, Insufficient Philosophy 2009

In Abulafia's Maimonidean terminology, the insights one receives when the mind is warmed up by ecstatic practice come from the Active Intellect, the wisdom of the Divine which shapes and maintains the universe, and they -- not the experience itself -- are why the practices are important.

Jay Michaelson: An Introduction To Kabbalah, Part 3: Three Answers To The Ultimate Question 2009

The Sages relied upon their deeds and their testimony regarding the customs of their fathers and husbands, and their statements constituted binding precedent (Maimonidean responsa, Laws of Forbidden Foods 5).

Torah Study. 2009