Moses ben Maimon (Maimonides / Rambam)
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Moses ben Maimon (Maimonides / Rambam) 🇪🇸

רמב״ם (משה בן מימון) (Known as "Maimonides")
Supreme Jewish Philosopher, Author of Mishneh Torah & Guide for the Perplexed, Royal Court Physician
Born 30 March 1138 CE 🇪🇸 Córdoba, Spain
Passed Away 13 December 1204 CE Fustat (Cairo), Egypt
Lifespan 66 years old
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"From Moses unto Moses, there arose none like Moses. Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so if the whole world disagrees."

Archival Overview

Paramount Jewish philosopher, legal codifier, and polymath. Authored the Mishneh Torah—the first systematic codification of Jewish law—and The Guide for the Perplexed, harmonizing Torah revelation with Aristotelian rationalism.

Biographical Record

Forced to flee Almoravid Córdoba in childhood, Maimonides settled in Fustat (Old Cairo), serving as court physician to Sultan Saladin and grand leader (Nagid) of Egyptian Jewry. Treating patients by day and writing late into the night, he mastered medicine, astronomy, and theology.

His Mishneh Torah synthesized the entire Talmudic legal system into lucid Hebrew, while his Arabic philosophical masterpiece Dalalat al-Ha'irin (Guide for the Perplexed) profoundly influenced Christian scholasticism and European Enlightenment philosophy.

Key Life Milestones

1168 CE

Commentary on the Mishnah (Kitab al-Siraj)

Completed his comprehensive commentary in Fustat, concluding with the famous Thirteen Principles of Faith.

1180 CE

Completion of the Mishneh Torah

Published his 14-volume Hebrew code summarizing every facet of Jewish halakhic law without prior debate.

1190 CE

The Guide for the Perplexed

Completed Dalalat al-Ha'irin, demonstrating the philosophical harmony of biblical scripture and reason.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Tomb of Maimonides Sanctuary
Fustat (Cairo), Egypt
GPS: 32.7889, 35.5347
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