موسى بن ميمون

#### An introduction to the personality of Maimonides, the medieval physician, theologian, and philosopher, author of the book “A Guide for the Perplexed.” * Maimonides, or Maimonides (1138-1204), was born in Cordoba, from where he had to flee at the age of thirteen due to Almohad persecution of all who did not convert to Islam. After a long exile, his family spent a decade in the Iberian Peninsula before settling in Morocco. From there, Maimonides traveled to Palestine and Egypt, where he died at the court of Saladin. Moses ben Maimon, a scholar of Jewish law, physician, and philosopher, is a unique personality. His work in extracting the main provisions of Jewish law from the Torah and the Talmud, and interpreting and explaining them, laid the foundation for translating the word of God and making it accessible to all groups of people. As a physician he had a reputation for being guided almost entirely by reason and observation when examining the Sultan himself and everyone who came to him for a diagnosis. In this biography, Alberto Manguel analyzes the global impact of Maimonides' thought, celebrated by Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike. Today, when rationality and the search for truth are needed more than ever, Maimonides can help us find strategies for living with dignity in a turbulent world.