Maimonides | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-14

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Maimonides


00:02:02 1 Name
00:02:42 2 Biography
00:02:51 2.1 Early years
00:04:08 2.2 Exile
00:06:03 2.3 Death of his brother
00:07:30 2.4 Nagid
00:10:10 2.5 Death
00:11:40 3 Influence
00:14:48 4 13 principles of faith
00:16:27 5 Legal works
00:19:46 5.1 Tzedakah (charity)
00:21:12 6 Philosophy
00:22:14 6.1 Theology
00:24:18 6.2 Character development
00:25:15 6.3 Prophecy
00:26:04 6.4 The problem of evil
00:28:30 6.5 Skepticism of astrology
00:29:09 6.6 True beliefs versus necessary beliefs
00:29:59 6.7 Eschatology
00:30:07 6.7.1 The World to Come
00:31:37 6.7.2 The Messianic era
00:32:04 6.7.3 Resurrection
00:34:17 6.8 Maimonides and Kabbalah
00:35:24 6.9 iThe Oath of Maimonides/i
00:35:58 7 Maimonides and the Modernists
00:37:03 8 Tributes and memorials
00:38:15 9 Works and bibliography
00:38:25 9.1 Judaic and philosophical works
00:40:42 9.2 Medical works
00:42:38 9.3 Treatise on logic
00:44:52 10 See also



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Moses ben Maimon (Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה בֶּן־מַיְמוּן‬ Mōšeh bēn-Maymūn; Arabic: موسى بن ميمون‎ Mūsā bin Maymūn), commonly known as Maimonides ( my-MON-i-deez; Greek: Μαϊμωνίδης Maïmōnídēs; Latin: Moses Maimonides), and also referred to by the acronym Rambam (; רמב״ם‬, for Rabbeinu Mōšeh bēn Maimun, "Our Rabbi Moses, son of Maimon"), was a medieval Sephardic Jewish philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. In his time, he was also a preeminent astronomer and physician. Born in Córdoba, Almoravid Empire (present-day Spain) on Passover Eve, 1135 or 1138, he worked as a rabbi, physician, and philosopher in Morocco and Egypt. He died in Egypt on December 12, 1204, whence his body was taken to the lower Galilee and buried in Tiberias.During his lifetime, most Jews greeted Maimonides' writings on Jewish law and ethics with acclaim and gratitude, even as far away as Iraq and Yemen. Yet, while Maimonides rose to become the revered head of the Jewish community in Egypt, his writings also had vociferous critics, particularly in Spain. Nonetheless, he was posthumously acknowledged as among the foremost rabbinical arbiters and philosophers in Jewish history, and his copious work comprises a cornerstone of Jewish scholarship. His fourteen-volume Mishneh Torah still carries significant canonical authority as a codification of Talmudic law. He is sometimes known as "ha Nesher ha Gadol" (the great eagle) in recognition of his outstanding status as a bona fide exponent of the Oral Torah.
Aside from being revered by Jewish historians, Maimonides also figures very prominently in the history of Islamic and Arab sciences and is mentioned extensively in studies. Influenced by Al-Farabi, Avicenna, and his contemporary Averroes, he in his turn influenced other prominent Arab and Muslim philosophers and scientists. He became a prominent philosopher and polymath in both the Jewish and Islamic worlds.