Maimonides Mishneh Torah

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Jewish legal code
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Yad_ha-Chazaka
gptkbp:author gptkb:Maimonides
gptkbp:consistsOf 14 books
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Sefer_Avodah
gptkb:Sefer_Mada
gptkb:Sefer_Shoftim
gptkb:Sefer_Ahavah
gptkb:Sefer_Hafla'ah
gptkb:Sefer_Kedushah
gptkb:Sefer_Kinyan
gptkb:Sefer_Korbanot
gptkb:Sefer_Mishpatim
gptkb:Sefer_Nashim
gptkb:Sefer_Nezikin
gptkb:Sefer_Taharah
gptkb:Sefer_Zerayim
gptkb:Sefer_Zmanim
613 commandments
laws of civil matters
laws of criminal matters
laws of ethics
laws of ritual
gptkbp:criticizedFor some Ashkenazi rabbis
gptkbp:dateWritten 1170–1180
gptkbp:dedicatedTo his father Maimon ben Joseph
gptkbp:firstPublished Venice, 1490
gptkbp:genre Halakhic literature
gptkbp:hasCommentaryBy gptkb:Joseph_Karo
gptkb:Kesef_Mishneh
gptkb:Lechem_Mishneh
gptkb:Magid_Mishneh
Abraham ben David (Raavad)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Maimonides Mishneh Torah
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Shulchan_Aruch
later Jewish legal codes
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Talmud
gptkb:Mishna
gptkb:Geonic_literature
gptkbp:locationWritten gptkb:Fustat,_Egypt
gptkbp:notableFor omitting sources and debates
systematic and logical organization
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Hebrew
gptkbp:purpose to provide a complete code of Jewish law without need to consult Talmud
gptkbp:significance First comprehensive code of Jewish law since Talmud
gptkbp:status authoritative in many Jewish communities
gptkbp:structure organized by topic, not Talmudic order
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Halakha
gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Yemenite_Jews
gptkb:Sephardic_Jews
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Korban_Pesach
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5