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Moses ben Nachman (Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה בֶּן־נָחְמָן Mōše ben-Nāḥmān, "Moses son of Nachman"; 1194–1270), commonly known as Nachmanides (/ n æ k ˈ m æ n ɪ d iː z /; Greek: Ναχμανίδης Nakhmanídēs), and also referred to by the acronym Ramban (/ ˌ r ɑː m ˈ b ɑː n /; רמב״ן ) and by the contemporary ...
Mar 28, 2024 · Naḥmanides (born c. 1194, Gerona, Catalonia—died 1270, Acre, Palestine) was a Spanish scholar and rabbi and Jewish religious leader. He was also a philosopher, poet, physician, and Kabbalist. Naḥmanides earned his livelihood as a physician and served successively as rabbi at Gerona and then as chief rabbi of Catalonia.
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(1194 - 1270) Moshe ben Nachman (Nachmanides or the Ramban) was the foremost halakhist of his age. Like Maimonides before him, Nachmanides was a Spaniard who was both a physician and a great Torah scholar. However, unlike the rationalist Maimonides, Nachmanides had a strong mystical bent.
Naḥmanides (Moses b. Naḥman, also known as Naḥamani and RaMBaN – an acronym of Rabbi Moses Ben Naḥman) was a Spanish rabbi and scholar and one of the leading authors of talmudic literature in the Middle Ages; philosopher, kabbalist, biblical exegete, poet, and physician.
(July 20–24, 1263) Virtual Jewish World | Barcelona | Disputation of Tortosa. The Disputation of Barcelona was a formal debate between Dominican Friar Pablo Christiani, a convert from Judaism to Christianity, and Nachmanides, a leading medieval Jewish scholar, philosopher, physician, kabbalist, and biblical commentator.
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