re: #3 akarra

I went to Amazon right after posting and looked at A Maimonides Reader. It seems to be mostly commentary on Jewish scriptures & law, but it was kind of hard for me to tell as I don’t know much about either subject.

Still, if felt comfortable in a way; very similar in tone & organization to Islamic books of the same type (at least from the few pages I could see). I suppose that shouldn’t surprise me as he was a contemporary of many of the classical Islamic scholars.

I’m not big on philosophy & logic as I prefer things that speak to the heart, but I love history and reading about the lives of interesting people, so maybe I’ll also look for a good biography on him. If you have one you’d like to recommend, I’m all ears.

Thanks for taking the time to answer.