Mishneh Torah

Maimonides · 1170–1180

Maimonides' monumental code of the entire Jewish law, written in clear Hebrew — the first comprehensive codification of halakha.

HalakhaPublic domain

Availability & copyright. This work is in the public domain and is scheduled for full on-site rendering; for now it is catalogued with a link to a source edition.

Topics

Torah & Revelation
Halakha — Jewish Law

The author

MaimonidesPhysician to the sultan, codifier of Jewish law, and author of the Guide for the Perplexed — the mind in which Athens and Jerusalem made their most durable peace.