Question: Facts: - signature: firma de maimonides.svg - caption: 18th-century portrait of maimonides - influences: talmud , averroes , algazel , aristotle , al-farabi , avicenna , avempace - region: arab mediterranean - school tradition: jewish philosophy , jewish law , jewish ethics - influenced: jeremiah bodin , leibniz , newton , strauss , friedlander , stamler levinas , spinoza , aquinas , joyce , - birth date: 1135 - name: moshe ben maimon -lrb- '' maimonides '' -rrb- - image: maimonides-2 . jpg - era: medieval philosophy - religion: judaism - birth place: cordoba , almoravid empire Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of maimonides .
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moshe ben maimon -lrb- -rrb- , or musa ibn maymun -lrb- -rrb- , acronymed rambam -lrb- ; -- for '' '' rabbeinu moshe ben maimon '' '' , '' our rabbi/teacher moses son of maimon '' -rrb- , and latinized moses maimonides -lrb- -rrb- , a preeminent medieval sephardic jewish philosopher and astronomer , of the middle ages .born in cordoba -lrb- present-day spain -rrb- , almoravid empire on passover eve , 1135 or 1138 , he died in egypt on december 12 , 1204 , whence his body was taken to the lower galilee and buried in tiberias .he worked as a rabbi , physician , and philosopher in morocco and egypt .although most jews greeted his writings on jewish law and ethics with acclaim and gratitude , even as far off as iraq and yemen , and although he rose to become the revered head of the jewish community in egypt , there were also vociferous critics of some of his writings , 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 .in the yeshiva world , he is called sometimes '' hanesher hagadol '' -lrb- the great eagle -rrb- 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 avicenna -lrb- c. 980 -- 1037 -rrb- , averroes -lrb- 1126-1198 -rrb- and al-farabi -lrb- ca. 872-950/951 -rrb- , 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 .