Superstition and Magic in Jewish Rational Medieval Thought: "Zero-Tolerance" to Magic in Maimonides's Code of Law, the Mishne Tora

Abstract

The objective of the article is to present the overall picture of Maimonides' views on magic as they are reflected in his code of religious law called Mishneh Torah.

Keywords

• Maimonides
• superstition
• astral magic
• Aristotle's epistemology
• Sabians
• James George Frazer