@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt16f8d2b.16, ISBN = {9780812247480}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt16f8d2b.16}, abstract = {Ma‘aseh Efodis by far the most important of Duran’s writings, and it represents the clearest expression we have of his vision and beliefs.¹In this apparently innocuous work of Hebrew grammar, with its unusually substantial introduction, Duran encodes a double message. A man who in cold reality is living as a Christian, he appears intent on presenting himself as a moderate, traditional, thoroughly Jewish guide to his chosen subject. His philosophical language is normative, his cited references are nearly exclusively to Jewish sources, and his “we” is the we of the Jewish community. Whereas mostconversoliterature is written}, bookauthor = {Maud Kozodoy}, booktitle = {The Secret Faith of Maestre Honoratus: Profayt Duran and Jewish Identity in Late Medieval Iberia}, pages = {161--181}, publisher = {University of Pennsylvania Press}, title = {The True Wisdom of the Torah: Ma‘aseh Efod}, year = {2015} }