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Moshe ben Maimon

Maimonides
Moses ben Maimon
Maimonides-2.jpg
18th-century portrait of Maimonides
Born

30 March or 6 April 1135

Possibly born 28 March or 4 April 1138
Cordova, Almoravid Empire (present-day Spain)
Died 12 December 1204 (aged 69)
Fostat, Egypt, or Cairo, Egypt
Era Medieval Philosophy
Region Jewish philosophy
School Jewish law, Jewish ethics
Signature
Firma de Maimonides.svg

30 March or 6 April 1135

Rabbi Moses ben Maimon (מֹשֶׁה בֶּן־מַימוֹןMōšeh bēn-Maymōn; Arabic: موسى بن ميمون‎‎ Mūsā bin Maymūn), commonly known as Maimonides /mˈmɒn.dz/ (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.


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