Moses b. Nahman
Date
2000
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Chicago: Gitzroy Dearborn Publishers
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Abstract
A leading Spanish talmudist, Moses ben Nahman, also known as Nahmanides and by the acronym Ramban (Rabbi Moses hen Nahman), was the intellectual and communal leader of Catalan Jewry during a crucial period. His writings reflect a synthesis of the dialectical tradition of the tosafists in northern France with the geonic-Andalusian traditions of analytical scholarship and literary culture. The broad scope of Nahmanides' learning enabled him to provide a measure of stability in the face of conflicts that arose from within Jewish society and from the Christian world as well. (from Introduction)
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Naḥmanides, approximately 1195-approximately 1270, Ramban, Catalan Jewry, Talmudic Commentaries
Citation
Kanarffogel, E. (2000). Moses b. Nahman. In Michael Terry, (ed.), "Reader's Guide to Judaism" (pp. 427-428). Chicago: Gitzroy Dearborn Publishers.