Editing Maimonides (section)

===Treatise on logic===
The ''Treatise on Logic'' (Arabic: {{transliteration|ar|Maqala Fi-Sinat Al-Mantiq}}) has been printed 17 times, including editions in [[Latin]] (1527), [[German language|German]] (1805, 1822, 1833, 1828), [[French language|French]] (1936) by Moïse Ventura and in 1996 by Rémi Brague, and English (1938) by Israel Efros, and in an abridged Hebrew form. The work illustrates the essentials of Aristotelian logic to be found in the teachings of the great [[List of Muslim philosophers|Islamic philosophers]] such as [[Avicenna]] and, above all, [[Al-Farabi]], "the Second Master," the "First Master" being [[Aristotle]]. In his work devoted to the Treatise, [[Rémi Brague]] stresses the fact that Al-Farabi is the only philosopher mentioned therein. This indicates a line of conduct for the reader, who must read the text keeping in mind Al-Farabi's works on logic. In the Hebrew versions, the Treatise is called ''The words of Logic'' which describes the bulk of the work. The author explains the technical meaning of the words used by logicians. The Treatise duly inventories the terms used by the logician and indicates what they refer to. The work proceeds rationally through a lexicon of philosophical terms to a summary of higher philosophical topics, in 14 chapters corresponding to Maimonides' birthdate of 14 Nissan. The number 14 recurs in many of Maimonides' works. Each chapter offers a cluster of associated notions. The meaning of the words is explained and illustrated with examples. At the end of each chapter, the author carefully draws up the list of words studied.

Until very recently, it was accepted that Maimonides wrote the ''Treatise on Logic'' in his twenties or even in his teen years.<ref>Abraham Heschel, ''Maimonides''. New York: Farrar Straus, 1982 p. 22 ("at sixteen")</ref> Herbert Davidson has raised questions about Maimonides' authorship of this short work (and of other short works traditionally attributed to Maimonides). He maintains that Maimonides was not the author at all, based on a report of two Arabic-language manuscripts, unavailable to Western investigators in Asia Minor.<ref>Davidson, pp. 313 ff.</ref> Rabbi [[Yosef Qafih|Yosef Kafih]] maintained that it is by Maimonides and newly translated it to Hebrew (as {{transliteration|he|Beiur M'lekhet HaHiggayon}}) from the Judeo-Arabic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.otzar.org/wotzar/book.aspx?149870&lang=eng|title=באור מלאכת ההגיון / משה בן מימון (רמב"ם) / תשנ"ז – אוצר החכמה|access-date=19 July 2016|archive-date=21 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621131149/http://www.otzar.org/wotzar/book.aspx?149870&lang=eng|url-status=live}}</ref>