Search results
Moses ben Maimon (1138–1204), commonly known as Maimonides (/ m aɪ ˈ m ɒ n ɪ d iː z / my-MON-ih-deez) and also referred to by the Hebrew acronym Rambam (Hebrew: רמב״ם), was a Sephardic rabbi and philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages.
Jun 27, 2024 · Moses Maimonides, Jewish philosopher, jurist, and physician, the foremost intellectual figure of medieval Judaism. He wrote both in Arabic and Hebrew on a wide range of subjects from logic to medicine to Jewish law.
Jan 24, 2006 · Life and Works. Maimonides was born to a distinguished family in Cordova, Spain in 1138. [ 1] At that point, Cordova was under Muslim rule and stood as one of the great intellectual centers of the world. In addition to Maimonides, it was the birthplace of Averroes.
Maimonides (1138-1204) was a medieval Jewish thinker who integrated philosophy and religion, reason and revelation, in his works. He influenced Jewish and non-Jewish philosophy, and wrote extensively on Jewish law, medicine, and science.
Maimonides recognized that language is inadequate to describe a God who is beyond ordinary human cognition. Therefore, he famously proposed, in Guide of the Perplexed , describing God by negation: ‘God is not a physical body’; ‘God is not composed of distinct parts’, and the like.
Moses Maimonides — known variously as Moses ben Maimon, Rambam, the Great Eagle, and Mūsā b. Maymūn — was a 12th-century philosopher, scientist, physician, religious thinker, rabbinic scholar, jurist, communal leader, and the most famous Jewish figure of the premodern age.
The most renowned of the Jewish medieval scholars, Maimonides indelibly changed the face of Judaism. Read about his scholarship and achievements, and the modern-day global campaign to incorporate his teachings into every Jew’s daily study schedule.
