Maimonides

Purported portrait of Maimonides from which all modern portraits are derived, ''Thesaurus Antiquitatum Sacrarum'' {{Circa|1744}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Schwartz |first=Yitzhack |date=2011-07-31 |title=The Maimonides Portrait: An Appraisal of One of the World's Most Famous Pictures |url=https://www.rmmj.org.il/issues/5/131/manuscript |journal=[[Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal]] |volume=2 |issue=3 |pages=e0052 |doi=10.5041/RMMJ.10052|pmid=23908810 |pmc=3678793 }}</ref> Moses ben Maimon; }} (1138–1204), commonly known as Maimonides ( ); }} and also referred to by the Hebrew acronym Rambam (), for ''Rabbēnu Mōše ben Maymōn'', "Our Rabbi Moses, son of Maimon"}}, was a Sephardic rabbi and 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, serving as the personal physician of Saladin. He was born and lived in Córdoba within the Almoravid Empire (present-day Spain), on Passover eve, 1138 (or 1135), until his family was expelled for refusing to convert to Islam. Later, he lived in Morocco and Egypt and worked as a rabbi, physician and philosopher.

During his lifetime, most Jews greeted Maimonides' writings on Jewish law and ethics with acclaim and gratitude, even as far away as Iraq and Yemen. Yet, while Maimonides rose to become the revered head of the Jewish community in Egypt, his writings also had vociferous critics, particularly in Spain. He died in Fustat, Egypt and, according to Jewish tradition, was buried in Tiberias. The Tomb of Maimonides in Tiberias is a popular pilgrimage and tourist site.

He was posthumously acknowledged as one of the foremost rabbinic decisors and philosophers in Jewish history, and his copious work comprises a cornerstone of Jewish scholarship. His fourteen-volume still carries significant canonical authority as a codification of Halacha.

Aside from being revered by Jewish historians, Maimonides also figures very prominently in the history of Islamic and Arab sciences and he is mentioned extensively in studies. Influenced by Aristotle, Al-Farabi, Ibn Sina, and his contemporary Ibn Rushd, he became a prominent philosopher and polymath in both the Jewish and Islamic worlds. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204
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    by Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204
    Published 1979
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    by Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204
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    by Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204
    Published 1956
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    Published 1975
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    by Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204
    Published 1968
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    by Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204
    Published 1985
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    by Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204
    Published 1976
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    by Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204
    Published 1983
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    by Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204
    Published 1882
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    by Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204
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    by Maimonides, Moses, 1135-1204
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