MAIMONIDES
1135 - 1204
Jewish Philosopher
Moses Maimonides was born as a Jew under Muslim rule in Cordoba, Spain. He became a philosopher, jurist and physician who lived in Morocco, Palestine and Egypt.
Maimonides wrote numerous commentaries on rabbinical tradition which made him a major religious authority in Judaism. A major work was 'The Guide of the Perplexed' which was written in Arabic.