Sefer Shoftim

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Sefer Shoftim is the final book of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah, focusing on laws of judges, courts, kings, warfare, and the messianic era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book of Mishneh Torah
halakhic work
author Maimonides
Maimonides
surface form: Moses ben Maimon
canonicalStatus authoritative halakhic source in many Jewish communities
centralTheme eschatological framework of Jewish law
organization of Jewish judicial authority
relationship between religious and political authority
containsSection Hilchot Edut
Hilchot Evel
Hilchot Mamrim
Mishneh Torah
surface form: Hilchot Melachim uMilchamot

Mishneh Torah
surface form: Hilchot Sanhedrin
focusesOn laws of courts
laws of judges
laws of kings
laws of the messianic era
laws of warfare
genre legal code
geographicOrigin Pharaonic Egypt
surface form: Egypt
hasAlternativeTransliteration Sefer Shoftim self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sefer Shoftim (Book of Judges) in Mishneh Torah context
includedIn standard printed editions of Mishneh Torah
influenced later halakhic codifiers
language Hebrew
notToBeConfusedWith Judges
surface form: biblical Book of Judges
partOf Mishneh Torah
positionInWork final book of Mishneh Torah
religiousLawSystem halakha
religiousTradition Judaism
subject Jewish civil law
Jewish criminal law
authority of the Sanhedrin
criteria for the Messiah in Maimonides’ view
judicial procedure in halakha
laws of mourning
laws of obligatory wars
laws of optional wars
messianic kingship
monarchy in Jewish law
rebellious elders and dissent from rabbinic authority
rules of conduct for kings
testimony and witnesses in Jewish law
timePeriodOfComposition 12th century

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Mishneh Torah includesSection Sefer Shoftim
Sefer Shoftim hasAlternativeTransliteration Sefer Shoftim self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sefer Shoftim (Book of Judges) in Mishneh Torah context