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Jan 24, 2006 · Maimonides. First published Tue Jan 24, 2006; substantive revision Thu Feb 4, 2021. Moses ben Maimon [known to English speaking audiences as Maimonides and Hebrew speaking as Rambam] (1138–1204) is the greatest Jewish philosopher of the medieval period and is still widely read today. The Mishneh Torah, his 14-volume compendium of Jewish law ...
Medievals Weighed Jewish Ideas against Greek Thought. The philosophy of the medieval thinkers such as Saadiah Gaon [882-942], Bahya Ibn Pakudah [11th century], Judah Halevi [died 1141], Maimonides [1135-1204], Gersonides [1288-1344], and [Hasdai] Crescas [died 1412], was either Aristotelian or Neoplatonic or a mixture of both.
- Rabbi Louis Jacobs
Maimonides is a medieval Jewish philosopher with considerable influence on Jewish thought, and on philosophy in general. Maimonides also was an important codifier of Jewish law. His views and writings hold a prominent place in Jewish intellectual history.
Jewish thought. Of considerably less influence on the Scholastics was medieval Jewish thought. Ibn Gabirol (c. 1022–c. 1058), known to the Scholastics as Avicebron or Avencebrol, was thought to be an Arab or a Christian, though in fact he was a Spanish Jew.
- Armand Maurer
Medieval philosophy is the philosophy that existed through the Middle Ages, the period roughly extending from the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century until after the Renaissance in the 13th and 14th centuries.
Medieval Jewish Philosophers in Modern Jewish Philosophy; By Aaron W. Hughes, University of Buffalo Edited by Martin Kavka, Florida State University, Zachary Braiterman, Syracuse University, New York, David Novak, University of Toronto; Book: The Cambridge History of Jewish Philosophy; Online publication: 28 September 2012
This Companion presents major medieval Jewish thinkers in a comprehensive introduction to a vital period of Jewish intellectual history. Examines the formative role of medieval thought for modern Judaism in a unique and comprehensive introduction
