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Author: Moses ben Maimon (Rambam)
Composed: Middle-Age Egypt, c.1157 – c.1165 CE
Eight Chapters is Rambam’s introduction to Pirkei Avot. In the introduction to the work, Rambam states that the ideas are not of his own invention, but rather are gleaned from midrashim from the Talmud and opinions of other scholars. The work discusses ethical issues.

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