This
<p>manuscript contains a collection of several works by Maimonides, including <em>Igeret
teḥiyat ha-metim</em> (Letter on resurrection)
(translated by Judah Alharizi) and a collection of various medical writings.
The <em>Igeret </em>has an introduction by Joseph ben Joel, of which only the
last part is extant. The medical writings, by an anonymous translator, include <em>Sefer
ha-katseret</em> (Treatise on asthma), from the original, <em>Maqalah fi al-rabw</em>;
<em>Maamar ha-mishgal</em> (Treatise on sexual intercourse), from the original, <em>Fi
al-jama</em>; <em>Maamar shemirat ha-beriut</em> (Guide to good health), from the
original, <em>Fi tadbir al-sihhah</em>; and <em>Maamar ha-hakhraah</em>
(Explanation of coincidences), from the original, <em>Maqalah fi bayan bad
al-arad wa-al-jawab anha</em>. There are no other known copies of the treatises
in this translation. Moses ben Maimon, better known as Maimonides, was a Jewish
theologian, philosopher, and physician. He was born in Cόrdoba, Spain,
in 1135. In 1160 he moved with his family to Fez,
Morocco, to escape religious
persecution, and eventually settled in Cairo,
where he became the personal physician to the sultan and his family. He also
served as the head of the Jewish community of Cairo, where he died in 1204. His works on
theology, law, philosophy, and medicine, mostly written in Arabic and
translated into Hebrew, Latin, and other languages, were widely influential in
both the Jewish and non-Jewish worlds.
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<br>Jewish law; Jewish philosophy
Maimonides, Moses (1137?-1204)
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