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Lecture on Jewish law April 15

9:10 a.m., April 12, 2005--Josef Stern, professor of philosophy and Jewish studies at the University of Chicago, will lecture at 2:30 p.m., Friday, April 15, in 204 Gore Hall, on “Maimonides and Nahmanides, Holiness and Law.”

Stern studies the philosophy of Moses Maimonides, a 10th-Century philosopher, physician and Jewish leader, who was the first person to write a systematic code of all Jewish law, and his contemporary and critic Nahmanides, a Jewish scholar who rejected part of Maimonides’ philosophy but recognized his greatness.

Stern’s publications include: Metaphor in Context, Problems and Parables of Law: Maimonides and Nahmanides on Reasons for the Commandments, Metaphors in Pictures and Maimonides' Demonstrations: Principles and Practice.

The lecture is sponsored by the Legal Studies and Jewish Studies Programs, Department of Philosophy and Faculty Senate Committee on Cultural Activities and Public Events.

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