Maimonides - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Maimonides - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Stroumsa, Sarah

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1062638
Doc. NO	:	ALei3035
Main Entry	:	Stroumsa, Sarah
Title & Author	:	Maimonides - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Stroumsa, Sarah
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(3,123 words)
Abstract	:	Moses Maimonides (532–600/1138–1204) is the Latin name of Moshe ben Maimon, probably the most famous of mediaeval Jewish thinkers. In Muslim sources he appears as Abū ʿImrān Mūsā b. ʿUbaydallāh b. Maymūn al-Qurṭubī. A physician, philosopher, community leader, and foremost authority in Jewish law, he is known, amongst Jews, also by the honorific “The Great Eagle” (Ezekiel 13:3) and by the Hebrew acronym RaMBaM (Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon). Maimonides’ fame beyond the Jewish world is due primarily to his philosophical works. 1. Life Born to
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei3035.pdf