A Divine Punishment? Leprosy in the Reflections of Moses Maimonides

The article aims to examine Maimonides’ investigation of leprosy. Re-reading the passages in Leviticus in which the issue is dealt with, Maimonides insists in his Mišneh Torah on the punitive scope of leprosy: it is simply the punishment that, following a series of warnings, God inflicts on those wh...

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Main Author:	Benedetto, Marienza
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	E-theca OnLineOpenAccess Edizioni 2026
Subjects:	Maimonides leprosy impurity punishment miracle thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science
Online Access:	https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/171070
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