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Abraham Maimonides (Hebrew: אברהם בן רמב"ם; also known as Rabbeinu Avraham ben ha-Rambam, and Avraham Maimuni, June 13, 1186 – December 7, 1237) was the son of Maimonides and succeeded his father as nagid of the Egyptian Jewish community.
Moses ben Maimon [a] (1138–1204), commonly known as Maimonides ( / maɪˈmɒnɪdiːz / my-MON-ih-deez) [b] and also referred to by the Hebrew acronym Rambam ( Hebrew: רמב״ם) [c], was a Sephardic rabbi and philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages.
Jan 24, 2006 · Maimonides. First published Tue Jan 24, 2006; substantive revision Thu Feb 4, 2021. Moses ben Maimon [known to English speaking audiences as Maimonides and Hebrew speaking as Rambam] (1138–1204) is the greatest Jewish philosopher of the medieval period and is still widely read today.
- Mordechai Rubin
- He Was Born Into a Prestigious Spanish Family. Maimonides was born circa 1135, in Cordoba, in the Andalusia region of Spain. His family traced their ancestry to the compiler of the Mishnah, Rabbi Yehudah HaNassi, and through him, to King David.1 Encouraged by his father—a judge on the Cordoba rabbinical court and a student of the famed Ri Migash—he pursued studies in Jewish law, philosophy, and medicine.
- Maimonides Means 'Son of Maimon' Maimonides, as he is known in English, is the Greek translation of “son of Maimon.” In Hebrew, he is referred to as ‘RaMBaM’ (רמב”ם), an acronym for Rabbi Moshe, son of Maimon.
- Little Is Known of His Mother. We know little about Maimonides’ mother, but it seems clear that she passed away when he was young—according to some accounts while giving birth to him.
- Almohads Forced His Family to Flee. At the age of 13 (age 10, according to some), Maimonides’ family was forced to flee their hometown in the face of the Almohad invasion.
Maimonides is a medieval Jewish philosopher with considerable influence on Jewish thought, and on philosophy in general. Maimonides also was an important codifier of Jewish law. His views and writings hold a prominent place in Jewish intellectual history.
Moses Maimonides — known variously as Moses ben Maimon, Rambam, the Great Eagle, and Mūsā b. Maymūn — was a 12th-century philosopher, scientist, physician, religious thinker, rabbinic scholar, jurist, communal leader, and the most famous Jewish figure of the premodern age.
MAIMONIDES, ABRAHAM ben Moses (1186 – 1237) was a theologian, jurist, mystical pietist, communal leader, and physician. He was born in Fustat, Egypt, the only son of the great Jewish philosopher Moses Maimonides (1135/8 – 1204).
