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) KEY , Moses Originally Moses Ben Maimon. Sometimes called "Rambam." 1135-1204.

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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