Then, in 1232, Maimonides’ books were burned by the Dominicans. The shock brought a brief respite; then extremists desecrated Maimonides’ tomb in Tiberius. In the early 1240s, following the ...
(“Maimonides” by Joel Kraemer, Doubleday, 621 pages, $29.95). The subtitle of this book is “The Life and World of One of Civilization’s Greatest Minds.” Quite a buildup for a man of whom few among us ...