Definition of Moses Maimonides

1. Noun. Spanish philosopher considered the greatest Jewish scholar of the Middle Ages who codified Jewish law in the Talmud (1135-1204).

Exact synonyms: Maimonides, Rabbi Moses Ben Maimon
Generic synonyms: Philosopher

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moses Maimonides

Mosaic
Mosaic law
Mosaism
Mosaisms
Mosan
Mosander
Moschcowitz' disease
Moschus moschiferus
Moscow
Moscow Time
Moselle
Moselles
Mosenthal test
Moses
Moses Maimonides (current term)
Moses basket
Moses baskets
Moshe
Moshe Dayan
Moskowitz
Moskva
Moslem
Moslem calendar
Moslemise
Moslemize
Moslems
Mosler's diabetes
Mosler's sign
Mosotho

Literary usage of Moses Maimonides

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Library of Original Sources edited by Oliver Joseph Thatcher (1915)
"With Moses Maimonides, who combined Jewish theology with Aristotelian philosophy ... Moses Maimonides ARABIAN civilization added only two important ideas to ..."

2. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"... was drawn up by the celebrated Moses Maimonides in the i ith century, and includes the doctrines of the Messianic hope and belief in the resurrection of ..."

3. The Messiah Idea in Jewish History by Julius Hillel Greenstone (1906)
"... Moses Maimonides—The Messianic Belief an Article of Faith—Maimonides takes Rabbinic Exaggerations figuratively—The Greatest Blessing of the Future—His ..."

4. The History of the Jews, from the Earliest Period Down to Modern Times by Henry Hart Milman (1864)
"... in Spain — High State of Literature — Moses Maimonides. WE enter upon a period which I shall venture to denominate the Golden Age of the modern Jews. ..."

5. The History of the Jews, from the Earliest Period Down to Modern Times by Henry Hart Milman (1870)
"... in Spain — High State of Literature — Moses Maimonides. WE enter upon a period which I shall venture to denominate the Golden Age of the modern Jews. ..."

6. A Short History of Jewish Literature: From the Fall of the Temple (70 C.E by Israel Abrahams (1906)
"From Fez the family emigrated in 1165 to Palestine, and, after a period of anxiety, Moses Maimonides settled in Egypt, in Fostat, or Old Cairo. ..."

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