Nachmanides (Ramban)

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

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instanceOf Jewish mystic
Jewish philosopher
Talmudist
biblical commentator
halakhic authority
kabbalist
medieval Jewish scholar
rabbi
alsoKnownAs Moses ben Nahman
Nachmanides (Ramban)
surface form: Moshe ben Nachman

Nachmanides (Ramban)
surface form: Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman

Nachmanides (Ramban)
surface form: Ramban
birthDate c. 1194
birthName Moses ben Nahman
surface form: Moshe ben Nachman
birthPlace Catalonia
Crown of Aragon
Girona
burialPlace Palestine
surface form: Land of Israel
citizenship Crown of Aragon
dateOfEvent Disputation of Barcelona
surface form: Disputation of Barcelona, 1263
deathDate c. 1270
deathPlace Acre
Palestine
surface form: 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 James I of Aragon
surface form: King James I of Aragon
region Catalonia
Spain
religion Judaism
schoolTradition Sephardi Jews
surface form: Sephardic Judaism
settledIn Acre
Palestine
surface form: Land of Israel

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Kabbalah associatedWithFigure Nachmanides (Ramban)
Sefer Yetzirah commentedOnBy Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Ramban (Nachmanides)
Nachmanides (Ramban) alsoKnownAs Nachmanides (Ramban)
subject surface form: Nachmanides
this entity surface form: Ramban
Nachmanides (Ramban) alsoKnownAs Nachmanides (Ramban)
subject surface form: Nachmanides
this entity surface form: Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman
Nachmanides (Ramban) alsoKnownAs Nachmanides (Ramban)
subject surface form: Nachmanides
this entity surface form: Moshe ben Nachman
Yosef Karo influencedBy Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Nahmanides
Rishonim includes Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Ramban (Nachmanides)
reasons for the commandments (ta'amei ha-mitzvot) discussedBy Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Nachmanides
Mikraot Gedolot containsCommentaryBy Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Ramban
Torah commentary of Ramban author Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Ramban
Sefer HaMitzvot (Hasagot on Maimonides) author Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Nachmanides
Milhamot Hashem writtenBy Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Ramban
Commentary on the Talmud author Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Nachmanides
Commentary on the Talmud authorName Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Ramban
Commentary on the Talmud associatedPerson Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Nachmanides
Pardes Rimonim influencedBy Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Nahmanides
Jewish theology associatedWithFigure Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Nachmanides
Safed Kabbalah influencedBy Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Nahmanides
Ramban Synagogue namedAfter Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Nachmanides
Ramban Synagogue dedicatedTo Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Nachmanides
Ramban Synagogue linkedToPerson Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Nachmanides
Moses ben Nahman hasName Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Moses ben Nachman
Moses ben Nahman hasName Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Nahmanides
Moses ben Nahman hasName Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Ramban
Moses ben Nahman hasHonorific Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Ramban
Leviticus 18:5 citedBy Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Nachmanides
Thirteen Attributes of Mercy commentedOnBy Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Nachmanides
Rashba influencedBy Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Nachmanides
Rashba studentOf Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Nachmanides
Ritva influencedBy Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Ramban
Raavad (Abraham ben David of Posquières) influenced Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Nahmanides
Ran (Nissim of Gerona) influencedBy Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Nachmanides
Rabbenu Yonah influencedBy Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Ramban
Torat Chayim includesCommentary Nachmanides (Ramban)
this entity surface form: Ramban