Timeline for Which came first the Mishnah Torah or the Pirush HaMishnayos
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| Dec 25, 2011 at 16:43 | vote | accept | Reb Chaim HaQoton | ||
| Nov 28, 2011 at 19:33 | comment | added | Alex | @Shalom: the "Era of Documents" (מנין שטרות) begins in 3449 since Creation (312 BCE). Jewish history gives this as the year when Alexander the Great conquered Eretz Yisrael (and met with Shimon Hatzaddik, as described in Yoma 69a); secular history calls it the Seleucid Era, and attributes it to the founding of the Seleucid empire by one of Alexander's generals. | |
| Nov 28, 2011 at 19:12 | comment | added | Shalom | And when they conflict (and yes occasionally they do), the Mishneh Torah is considered his most-authoritative work. (Not to mention you're reading his original Hebrew, vs. a translation from Arabic ...) | |
| Nov 28, 2011 at 19:11 | comment | added | Shalom | What event began "the age of the documents"? | |
| Nov 28, 2011 at 19:06 | history | answered | Alex | CC BY-SA 3.0 |