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Stroumsa, Sarah.
Maimonides in his world : portrait of a Mediterranean thinker / Sarah Stroumsa.
p. cm. — (Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the ancient to the modern world)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978- 0-691-13763-6 (alk. paper)
- Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204. 2. Philosophy, Medieval. 3. Intellectual
life—History. I. Title.
B759.M34S77 2009
181'.06—dc
2009004666
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