Maimonides' Code - the Mishneh Torah in English

 Maimonides' Code - the Mishneh Torah in English:

• Several recent editions have been published since 2000.  I need to update this list.
• Maimonides–Essential Teachings on Jewish Faith and Ethics: The “Book of Knowledge” and the Thirteen Principles of Faith–Selections Annotated and Explained
  Book I - “Book of Knowledge”
  Translation into English and annotation by Rabbi Marc D. Angel, PhD
  with introduction, notes, and bibliography
  Jewish Lights (SkyLight) Illuminations Series
  (Woodstock, Vermont: Jewish Lights Publishing, 2012)
  The entire five parts of the “Book of Knowledge” –
  
  • Laws of Foundations of the Torah
  • Laws Relating to Moral and Ethical Character
  • Laws of Torah Study
  • Laws of Idolatry
  • Laws of Repentance
  •  BM546 .A54 2011
  •  296.1'81–dc23
  Library of Congress Control Number: 2011-040592
  ISBN: 978-1-59473-311-6 (quality paperback)
• Maimonides' Mishneh Torah Series —
  Hebrew text with an English translation and English commentary
  
  • The Book of Knowledge, Book I
  

  • Hilkhot Yesodei haTorah ("The Fundamental Laws of the Torah")
    by Rabbi Eliyahu Touger
    (Brooklyn, New York; Jerusalem: Moznaim Publishing, 1989)
  • Hilkhot De'ot ("The Laws of Personal Character Development")
    by Rabbi Eliyahu Touger and Za'ev Abramson
    (Brooklyn, New York; Jerusalem: Moznaim Publishing, 1989)
  • Hilkhot Talmud Torah ("The Laws of Torah Study")
    by Rabbi Eliyahu Touger
    (Brooklyn, New York; Jerusalem: Moznaim Publishing, 1989)
  • Hilkhot Avodat Kokhavim ("The Laws Concerning Idol Worship")
    by Rabbi Eliyahu Touger
    (Brooklyn, New York; Jerusalem: Moznaim Publishing, 1990)
  • Hilkhot Teshuvah ("The Laws of Repentance")
    by Rabbi Eliyahu Touger
    (Brooklyn, New York; Jerusalem: Moznaim Publishing, 1990)
  • The Book of Judges, Book XIV
  

  • Hilchot Edut ("The Laws of Witnesses")
  • Hilchot Mamrim ("The Laws of the Rebellious Ones")
  • Hilchot Evel ("The Laws of Mourning")
  • Hilchot Melachim UMilchamotehem ("The Laws of Kings and Their Wars")
  A new translation with commentaries and notes,
  by Rabbi Eliyahu Touger
  
  Maimonides' laws of the Seven Noahide Commandments are contained in Chapters 8-10
  Hebrew text with an English translation and commentaries, notes, and illustrations
  (Brooklyn, New York; Jerusalem: Moznaim Publishing, 2001)
  ISBN: 1-885220-28-6

• The Code of Maimonides
  Book XIV - “Book of Judges”
  Translated into English by Abraham M. Hershman
  “The Laws of Kings and Their Wars” are in The Book of Judges
  Yale Judaica Series, volume iii
  (New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1949)
• Mishneh Torah: The Book of Knowledge
  by Maimonides
  Translated and edited by Moses Hyamson
  with introduction, Biblical and Talmudical references, and notes
  English and Hebrew on facing pages
  Edited according to the Bodleian (Oxford) Codex
  "The Torah Classics Library"
  Book I of the fourteen books of The Mishneh Torah
  The Book of Knowledge contains the five parts:
  
  • “The Fundamental Laws of the Torah”
  • “The Laws of Ethics (Personal Character Development)”
  • “The Laws of Torah Study”
  • “The Laws of Idolatry”
  • “The Laws of Repentance”
  (First published in New York: Bloch Publishing Co., 1937)
  (Reprinted - Jerusalem: Boys Town Publishers, 1962)
  New corrected edition - Jerusalem; New York: Feldheim Publishers, 1981.
  ISBN: 0-87306-085-7
  ISBN-13: 978-0-87306-085-1
• Mishneh Torah: The Book of Adoration
  by Maimonides
  Translated and edited by Moses Hyamson with a preface
  Talmudical references and footnotes by Rabbi Chaim M. Brecher
  English and Hebrew on facing pages
  Edited according to the Bodleian (Oxford) Codex
  This codex bears a note in Maimonides' own hand attesting that the manuscript was corrected by comparison with his own original copy of the Mishneh Torah.
  "The Torah Classics Library"
  Book II of the fourteen books of The Mishneh Torah
  The Book of Adoration contains the five parts:
  
  • “Laws of Reading the Shema”
  • “Laws of Prayer and of the Priestly Blessing”
  • “Laws of Phylacteries, Mezuzah and the Scroll of the Law”
  • “Laws of Fringes on Garments”
  • “Laws of Blessings”
  • “Laws of Circumcision”
  New corrected edition - Jerusalem; New York: Feldheim Publishers, 1981.
  ISBN: 0-87306-086-5

 Abridgements of Maimonides' Code - the Mishneh Torah in English:

• A Maimonides Reader
  Edited, with introductions and notes, by Isadore Twersky
  from the Library of Jewish Studies series, Neal Kozodoy, editor
  Professor Twersky presents a limited selection of laws from the Code (Mishneh Torah) to illustrate Maimonides' influence on historical Judaism.  Twersky chooses less than a handful of laws from each of only 147 of the 999 chapters that comprise the Code.  He also presents excerpts from Guide of the Perplexed, Book of Commandments, and other writings.
  (New York: Behrman House, Inc., 1972)
  •  BM545.A45T9 1972
  •  296.3 76-160818
  ISBN: 0-87441-206-4
• Maimonides' Mishneh Torah (Yad Hazakah), abridged and translated into English by Philip Birnbaum
  Selected laws from Maimonides' Code, edited from rare manuscripts and early texts
  with the Hebrew vocalized text on facing pages, notations, and introduction
  Dr. Birnbaum fails to include anything from the chapters that contain the Noahide Code.
  (New York: Hebrew Publishing Company, 1967)

An essential reader of some of Maimonides' works in English:

• The Essential Maimonides: Translations of the Rambam
  Translated and presented by Avraham Yaakov Finkel in English
  
  1. "The Letter to the Jews of Yemen"
  2. "Discourse on Martyrdom"
  3. "Commentary on the Mishnah"
  4. "An Introduction to the Chapters of the Fathers"
  5. "Discourse on the World to Come,"
     Includes the full text of the essay which contains "The Thirteen Principles of Faith" (in English)

  These five parts comprise in capsule form the full range of Maimonides' views on G-d, Torah, humanity, and the world.  They also provide insight into the mindset of Maimonides, the prodigious genius and compassionate leader of the Jewish people (from the book's jacket).

  (Northvale, New Jersey: Jason Aronson, Inc., 1996)
  •  BM545. A2513 1996
  •  296.1'72–dc20
  Library of Congress Control Number: 96-4766
  ISBN: 1-56821-464-2

An anthology comparing Maimonides' approach with other traditional Jewish philosophers:

• Every Person's Guide to Jewish Philosophy and Philosophers
  by Ronald H. Isaacs
  
  • Introduction
  • Philo
  • Medieval Jewish Philosophy
  • Saadiah Gaon
  • Solomon ibn Gabirol
  • Bachya ibn Pakuda
  • Judah Halevi
  • Abraham ben David HaLevi ibn Daud
  • Moses Maimonides –
    • The Man and His Culture
    • G-d in Maimonides' Principles of Faith
    • Proofs of the Existence of G-d
    • Maimonides' Negative Theology
    • Origin of Evil
    • Purpose of the Divine Commandments
    • Educational Philosophy
    • In Summation
  • Moses ben Nachman
  • Levi ben Gershom
  • Hasdai Crescas
  • Joseph Albo
  • Isaac Abrabanel
  • Isaac Luria
  • 17th Century through the Present
  (Northvale, New Jersey; Jerusalem: Jason Aronson Inc., 1999)
  •  B154. I73 1998
  •  181'.06—dc21
  LCCN: 98-5334
  ISBN: 0-7657-6017-7