On the assessment of R. Moses ben Nahman (Nahmanides) and his literary oeuvre

Abstract

IN THE EIGHT HUNDRED years since his birth, R. Moses b. Nabman (1194-1270) has come to be known as a major intellectual force in the medieval Jewish world, second perhaps only to Maimonides. Ram ban excelled as a talmudist, biblical exegete, kabbalist, disputant and man of letters. The unusual breadth of Ramban's expertise coupled with his remarkable intellectual agility render the study of his works both an adventure and a challenge