Maimonides

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Maimonides was a medieval Jewish philosopher, legal scholar, and physician whose works, especially "The Guide for the Perplexed," profoundly shaped Jewish thought and influenced later rationalist philosophers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish legal scholar
Talmudist
biblical commentator
halakhic authority
human
jurist
medieval Jewish philosopher
philosopher
physician
rabbi
alternateName Maimonides
surface form: Moshe ben Maimon

Maimonides
surface form: Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon

Maimonides
surface form: Rambam
birthDate 1138
birthName Maimonides self-linksurface differs
surface form: Moses ben Maimon
birthPlace Almohad dynasty
surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Cordoba (historical)
surface form: Córdoba

Islamic Spain
surface form: al-Andalus
burialPlace Tiberias
citizenship Almohad dynasty
surface form: Almohad Caliphate

Ayyubid dynasty
surface form: Ayyubid Sultanate
deathDate 1204
deathPlace Ayyubid dynasty
surface form: Ayyubid Egypt

Cairo
Fustat
era High Middle Ages
ethnicGroup Jews
surface form: Jewish people
fieldOfWork Aristotelian philosophy
Jewish law
medicine
philosophy of religion
influenced Baruch Spinoza
Gersonides
Joseph Albo
St. Thomas Aquinas
surface form: Thomas Aquinas

modern Jewish thought
influencedBy Al-Farabi
Aristotle
Avicenna
Islamic philosophy
Saadia Gaon
languageOfWork Hebrew
Judeo-Arabic
mainWork Commentary on the Mishnah
Mishneh Torah
Guide for the Perplexed
surface form: The Guide for the Perplexed

Thirteen Principles of Faith
movement medieval Jewish rationalism
notableIdea codification of halakha
negative theology
rationalist interpretation of Judaism
notableWorkOn Jewish law codification
medical treatises
philosophical theology
positionHeld Nagid of the Jewish community in Egypt
court physician to the Ayyubid rulers
religion Judaism

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Aruch HaShulchan cites Maimonides
this entity surface form: Rambam
Hai Gaon influenced Maimonides
Tractate Eruvin commentedOnBy Maimonides
this entity surface form: Rambam
HaRambam VeHashkafato mainSubject Maimonides
this entity surface form: Moses Maimonides
Sefer HaMitzvot LaRambam im He’arot basedOnAuthor Maimonides
this entity surface form: Moses Maimonides
Sefer HaMitzvot LaRambam im He’arot relatedTo Maimonides
this entity surface form: Moses Maimonides
Sefer HaMitzvot LaRambam im He’arot hasMainSubjectAuthor Maimonides
this entity surface form: Moses Maimonides
Ran (Nissim of Gerona) influencedBy Maimonides
this entity surface form: Rambam
Rabbenu Yonah influencedBy Maimonides
The Book of Beliefs and Opinions influenced Maimonides
this entity surface form: Moses Maimonides
negative theology associatedWith Maimonides
Bahya ibn Paquda influenced Maimonides
this entity surface form: Moses Maimonides
Ibn Bajjah influenced Maimonides
Ibn Tibbon family influencedBy Maimonides
Provençal Jewish scholars influencedBy Maimonides
this entity surface form: Rabbi Moses Maimonides
Ralbag influencedBy Maimonides
Levi ben Gershom influencedBy Maimonides
Aben Rushd influenced Maimonides
this entity surface form: Moses Maimonides
Sforno influencedBy Maimonides
Baalei Tosafot contemporaryWith Maimonides
R. Obadiah Sforno influencedBy Maimonides
subject surface form: Obadiah Sforno