|
 
$13.95
Used Hardcover
Ships in 1 to 3 days
More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsOther titles in the Jewish Encounters series:
Maimonides (Jewish Encounters)by Sherwin B Nuland
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Moses Maimonides was a Renaissance man before there was a Renaissance: a great physician who served a sultan, a dazzling Torah scholar, a community leader, a daring philosopher whose greatest work——The Guide for the Perplexed——attempted to reconcile scientific knowledge with faith in God. He was a Jew living in a Muslim world, a rationalist living in a time of superstition. Eight hundred years after his death, his notions about God, faith, the afterlife, and the Messiah still stir debate; his life as a physician still inspires; and the enigmas of his character still fascinate. Sherwin B. Nuland——best-selling author of How We Die——focuses his surgeon’s eye and writer’s pen on this greatest of rabbis, most intriguing of Jewish philosophers, and most honored of Jewish doctors. He gives us a portrait of Maimonides that makes his life, his times, and his thought accessible to the general reader as they have never been before. Synopsis:From a leading medical man of letters--the bestselling author of "How We Die"--comes a portrait of Moses Maimonides, the great 12th-century philosopher and medical sage. Synopsis:A DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT HERITAGE: For the first time in a boxed set, a perfect addition to your familys library, are 3 of the remarkable titles in the Jewish Encounters series: Betraying Spinoza, Maimonides, and The Life of David. Discover 3,000 years of Jewish life, history and culture with the series that The Washington Post calls “lively and distinguished”. The critically acclaimed Jewish Encounters series brings together writers of the first rank with people, ideas and events from the Jewish past. About the AuthorSherwin B. Nuland, M.D., is the author of nine previous books, including Doctors: The Biography of Medicine, The Wisdom of the Body, The Mysteries Within, Lost in America: A Journey with My Father, and The Doctors’ Plague. His book How We Die: Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter won the National Book Award and spent thirty-four weeks on the New York Times best-seller list. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New Republic, The New York Times, Time, and The New York Review of Books. Nuland is a clinical professor of surgery at Yale University, where he also teaches bioethics and medical history. He lives with his family in Connecticut. Lost in America, Doctors: The Biography of Medicine, How We Live, and How We Die are available in paperback from Vintage Books. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
Other books you might like
Related Aisles
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||
|
Follow us on...
|
|||||||||||||
Don't Miss
