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117. - Maimonides, Moses (1138–1204)

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2025

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Julie R. Klein
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Karolina Hübner  and
Justin Steinberg
Karolina Hübner
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
Justin Steinberg
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
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Moses Maimonides (Moshe ben Maimon), one of the giants of medieval Jewish philosophy and a leading authority on Jewish law (halakhah), was born in Córdoba around 1138 and died near Cairo in 1204. Maimonides worked as a physician, served the Jewish community as a teacher and rabbinical judge, and became the head of the Egyptian Jewish community. Maimonides’ influence on Spinoza was considerable.

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The Cambridge Spinoza Lexicon , pp. 337 - 340
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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