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Maimonides' birth year is disputed: traditional sources give 1135 CE, while modern scholarship, following his own dating, favors 1138 CE, which is kept here.
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Maimonides
Moses ben Maimon
Maimonides is one of the most influential Jewish legal and philosophical thinkers.
BORN 1138 CE · Cordoba, al-AndalusDIED 1204 CE · Fustat, EgyptERA Medieval
NOTABLE CONTRIBUTION
Systematized Jewish law and philosophical theology in works studied across Jewish and philosophical traditions.
THE RECORD
- Mishneh Torah organized Jewish law in a comprehensive code.
- Guide for the Perplexed engaged scripture, philosophy, creation, prophecy, and divine attributes.
- His work shaped later Jewish, Islamic, and Christian philosophical discussions.