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(Moses b. Maimon. Ramban) (1135–1204) Codifier and philosopher.
Maimonides’ great *Code of Law, the Mishneh Torah (‘Repetition of the law’) was written ‘to make the entire *Oral Law…accessible to young and old’. His major philosophical work, the Guide to the Perplexed shows how the Jewish religion can be understood symbolically as well as literally. It includes the famous thirteen *principles of the Jewish faith. Many commentaries were subsequently written on the Guide to the Perplexed and it has been enormously influential not only on the Jewish community, but also on such Christian thinkers as Thomas Aquinas and Meister Eckhardt. (See also *MAIMONIDEAN CONTROVERSY).
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