H. Norman Strickman (Ph.D. Dropsie University) is a rabbi at Marine Park Jewish Center and a Professor of Judaic Studies at Touro College in New York.
Rabbi H. Norman Strickman's excellent new study of [the Mishneh
Torah] explores Maimonides' views regarding astrology, medicine,
the evil eye, amulets, magic, theurgic practices, omens, and
communicating with the dead, and evil spirits. . . . The book is a
most important contribution to the field. . . . I highly recommend
it.
*The Jewish Press*
Other scholars have noted how Egyptian Jewish scholar Moses
Maimonides presented a strictly rational perspective of Judaism,
but Strickman fills in some gaps and offers a new perspective. He
characterizes the Mishneh Torah as the greatest code of Jewish law
to be composed in the post-Talmudic era.
*Book News, Inc.*
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