The High Ways to Perfection of Abraham Maimonides - Volume II [VOLUME 2 ONLY]  
   

 
Author Abraham Maimonides [ben Moses ben Maimon, Avraham Maimuni] / Rosenblatt, Samuel [Ed.&Tr.]
Place of Publication Baltimore
Publication Name The John Hopkins Press
Year 1938
Language(s) English Arabic Judeo-Arabic
Description
VOLUME TWO ONLY of the RARE critical edition of the original Judeo-Arabic text with English translation of the extant surviving portion of "Kitab Kifāyah al-`Abidin" ("A Comprehensive Guide for the Servants of God") by Abraham ben Moses ben Maimon (also Rabbeinu Avraham ben ha-Rambam, Avraham Maimuni, Abraham Maimon Ha-Nagid) (1186-1237), the only son of the illustrious Moses Maimonides, who succeeded his father as head of the Egyptian Jewish community. The first volume, published in 1927 (as volume 27 of the `Columbia University Oriental Studies` series) contained one-fifth of the text; this second volume, published in 1938, contains the remaining four-fifths of the text. 260x180mm. 441 pages. Brown-orange Hardcover. Cover bottom corners slightly bumped. Cover upper corners rubbed. Spine edges bumped. Gilt emblem on front cover. Gilt lettering and emblem on spine. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare 2nd volume of the critical edition and English translation of the key text of a singularly peculiar Jewish-Sufi form of pietism, which was developed mainly by Abraham Maimonides, is in good condition.
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Catalog Index Number MS 12 90


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