Status Updates From Maimonides: A Biography

from Alexandria to Fostat we are not just following Maimonides' works on Mishnah and Talmud but also the political circumstances at the stations along his journey and his relation to them and how that reflects in his writing

very interesting so far, learning about his early life in Spain then Fez then Palestine then Egypt and the political circumstances of each place at the time, about his early thoughts on Aristotle, forced conversion, and talmudic thought. Also right away found a new book mentioned herein to add to my reading list, on the travels of rabbi Benjamin of Tudela

starting out rather racistly