 | Maimonides and the Merchants: Jewish Law and Society in the Medieval Islamic World Subjects: Jewish merchants -- Islamic Empire -- History -- To 1500; Commercial law (Jewish law) -- History -- To 1500; Partnership (Jewish law) -- History -- To 1500; Maimonides Moses 1135-1204. Mishneh Torah; Islamic Empire -- Commerce -- History -- To 1500; Isl; In Maimonides and the Merchants , Mark R. Cohen reveals the extent of pragmatic revisions to the halakha, or body of Jewish law, introduced by Moses Maimonides in his Mishneh Torah , the comprehensive legal code he compiled in the late twelfth century. Mark R. Cohen is Khedouri A. Zilkha Professor of Jewish Civilization in the Near East, Emeritus, and Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Emeritus, Princeton University. He is author of Poverty and Charity in the Jewish Community of Medieval Egypt and Under Crescent and Cross: The Jews in the Middle Ages. |
