Nachmanides (Ramban)

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Jewish mystic Jewish philosopher Talmudist biblical commentator halakhic authority kabbalist medieval Jewish scholar rabbi

Nachmanides (Ramban) was a 13th-century Spanish rabbi, Talmudist, biblical commentator, philosopher, and early kabbalist whose writings profoundly shaped Jewish thought and mysticism.

Aliases (6)

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish mystic → Jewish philosopher → Talmudist → biblical commentator → halakhic authority → kabbalist → medieval Jewish scholar → rabbi →
alsoKnownAs	Moses ben Nahman → Moshe ben Nachman → Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman → Ramban →
birthDate	c. 1194 →
birthName	Moshe ben Nachman →
birthPlace	Catalonia → Crown of Aragon → Girona →
burialPlace	Land of Israel →
citizenship	Crown of Aragon →
dateOfEvent	Disputation of Barcelona, 1263 →
deathDate	c. 1270 →
deathPlace	Acre → Land of Israel →
era	13th century →
ethnicity	Jewish →
exiledFrom	Crown of Aragon →
fieldOfWork	Halakha → Jewish mysticism → Jewish philosophy → Talmud → biblical exegesis →
founded	synagogue in Acre →
influenced	Jewish law and custom → Kabbalistic tradition → later Torah commentators →
influencedBy	Ibn Ezra → Maimonides → Rashi →
knownFor	defending Judaism in public disputations → emphasis on the Land of Israel in Jewish thought → integrating peshat and kabbalistic interpretation in biblical commentary →
language	Aramaic → Hebrew →
movement	Kabbalah → medieval Jewish philosophy →
notableWork	Commentary on the Talmud → Commentary on the Torah → Derashat Torat Hashem Temimah → Milhamot Hashem → Sefer HaMitzvot (Hasagot on Maimonides) → Torah commentary of Ramban →
opponentInDisputation	Pablo Christiani →
participatedIn	Disputation of Barcelona →
patron	King James I of Aragon →
region	Catalonia → Spain →
religion	Judaism →
schoolTradition	Sephardic Judaism →
settledIn	Acre → Land of Israel →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Nachmanides ("Ramban") → Nachmanides ("Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman") → Nachmanides ("Moshe ben Nachman") →	alsoKnownAs
Kabbalah →	associatedWithFigure
Sefer Yetzirah ("Ramban (Nachmanides)") →	commentedOnBy
Mikraot Gedolot ("Ramban") →	containsCommentaryBy
reasons for the commandments (ta'amei ha-mitzvot) ("Nachmanides") →	discussedBy
Rishonim ("Ramban (Nachmanides)") →	includes
Yosef Karo ("Nahmanides") →	influencedBy