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Carlos Fraenkel, Dr. phil. (Berlin, 2000) is associate professor of Philosophy and Jewish Studies at McGill University in Montreal and works on ancient, medieval, and early modern philosophy. His publications include From Maimonides to Samuel ibn Tibbon: The Transformation of the Dalâlat al-Hâ’irîn into the Moreh ha-Nevukhim. Jerusalem: The Hebrew University Magnes Press, 2007 [Hebrew].

This volume sheds new light on Maimonides’ work in medicine, Jewish law, and liturgy, and on how his philosophy was read, misread, and creatively reinvented in a wide range of contexts from the 13th century to the present.

PART ONE - FROM THE WELFARE OF THE BODY TO THE WELFARE OF THE SOUL: MEDICINE, LAW, AND LITURGY
1. Critical Remarks on Medical Authorities: Maimonides’ Commentary on Hippocrates’ Aphorisms, Samuel Kottek
2. Dissemination of Maimonides’ Medical Writings in the Middle Ages, Lola Ferre
3. Maimonides’ Contribution to Women’s Healthcare and His Influence on the Hebrew Gynaecological Corpus, Carmen Caballero-Navas
4. The Structure of Mishneh Torah, Joseph Tabory
5. Maimonides on the Prayers, Stefan C. Reif
PART TWO - FROM CAIRO TO CROWN HEIGHTS: INTERPRETING MAIMONIDES IN THE EAST AND IN THE WEST
6. Maimonides—Father and Son: Continuity and Change, Paul B. Fenton
7. Abraham Maimuni’s Prayer Reforms: Continuation or Revision of His Father’s Teachings?, Mordechai A. Friedman
8. Sharḥ al-Dalāla: A Commentary to Maimonides’ Guide from Fourteenth-Century Yemen, Y. Tzvi Langermann
9. From Maimonides to Samuel ibn Tibbon: Interpreting Judaism as a Philosophical Religion, Carlos Fraenkel
10. Ahabah ba-Ta'anugim: A Fourteenth-Century Maimonidean Encyclopedia, Esti Eisenmann
11. Late Medieval Jewish Writers on Maimonides, Angel Sáenz-Badillos
12. Maimonides’ Disputed Legacy, Menachem Kellner
13. The Image of Maimonides in Habad Hasidism, Naftali Loewenthal
14. Anthropomorphisms in Early Rabbinic Literature: Maimonides and Modern Scholarship, Yair Lorberbaum