| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Maimonides, Moses |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Mai·mon·i·des |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  m -m n  -d z |
| DATES: | 1135–1204 |
| VARIANTS: | Originally Moses Ben Maimon.Sometimes called “Rambam.” |
| Spanish-born Jewish philosopher and physician. The greatest medieval Jewish scholar, he codified the Talmud and in Guide for the Perplexed (1190) attempted to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy with Jewish theology.
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