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Audio | Where Books Burn: The Maimonidean Controversy of the 1230s
🎓 The controversy about Rambam's theological stances, halachic method, and legal rulings, which simmered from the time of Raavad and Ramah, exploded in the 1230s with a fierce cross-communal debate.
Oct 16, 2024
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