Maimonides Moses ben Maimon |
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18th-century portrait of Maimonides
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30 March or 6 April 1135 Córdoba, Almoravid Empire (present-day Spain) |
Died | 12 December 1204 (aged 69) Fostat, Ayyubid Sultanate (present-day Egypt) |
Era | Medieval Philosophy |
Region | Jewish philosophy |
School | Jewish law, Jewish ethics |
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30 March or 6 April 1135
Rabbi Moses ben Maimon (Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה בֶּן־מַימוֹן Mōšeh bēn-Maymōn; Arabic: موسى بن ميمون Mūsā bin Maymūn), commonly known as Maimonides /maɪˈmɒnᵻ.diːz/ (my-MON-i-deez;Greek: Μαϊμωνίδης Maïmōnídēs), and also referred to by the acronym Rambam /ˌrɑːmˈbɑːm/ (רמב״ם, for Rabbeinu Mōšeh bēn Maimon, "Our Rabbi Moses son of Maimon"), was a medieval Sephardic Jewish philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. In his time, he was also a preeminent astronomer and physician. Born in Cordova, Almoravid Empire (present-day Spain) on Passover Eve, 1135 or 1138, he worked as a rabbi, physician, and philosopher in Morocco and Egypt. He died in Egypt on December 12, 1204, whence his body was taken to the lower Galilee and buried in Tiberias.