Mishnah (compendium of Jewish Oral Law) with commentary of Maimonides

Mishnah (compendium of Jewish Oral Law) with commentary of Maimonides

Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204

Incunabula

Judaica

Commentaries

Excerpts

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Maimonides composed his Judeo-Arabic commentary on the Mishnah (known in Arabic as Kitab al-Siraj; in Hebrew, Sefer ha Ma’or) between 1145 and 1168. The Mishnah, compiled in the 2nd century CE by Judah ha-Nasi, is divided into six main sections (Seeds, Festivals, Women, Torts, Sacred Things, and Purity) which are in turn subdivided into many smaller sections. Maimonides’ commentary can be distinguished from the text of the Mishnah by the type face; the text is in a so-called square script, while the commentary is in a Sephardi script.

Excerpt from Moses Maimonides' comentary on the Mishnah, including a hand-drawn diagram

Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204

Joshua Solomon ben Israel Nathan Soncino

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Excerpt (2 pages)

Hebrew

DigID0002796

Purchased for the Solomon M. Hyams Collection of the Boston Medical Library, 1935