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Iggerot (Epistles)In addition to those already described, a large number of Maimonides’ letters from his years in the East (1165-1204) have survived. Many were found in the Cairo Geniza, several of them in his own handwriting. Most are written in Judeo-Arabic, chiefly in reply to questions submitted to him. He took care to respond in the language of the individual or communities who addressed him, and the subjects ranged from halakhic issues and philosophical thoughts to personal matters. A selection of the letters was first published in Hebrew in Constantinople in 1517. A more comprehensive collection, copied by Judah Khallas in North Africa in 1614, is in the Jewish National and University Library Heb.8° 1771 . Other letters have appeared separately in several critical editions. Recently an edition of letters written in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic (with Hebrew translation) was published by Shilat, Iggerot ha-Rambam, vols. 1-2, Jerusalem 1987-1988.
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