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Also Known As Rambam • Abū ʿImran Mūsā ibn Maymūn ibn ʿUbayd Allāh • Moses ben Maimon
Born March 30, 1135 • Córdoba • Spain
Died December 13, 1204 (aged 69) • Egypt
Subjects Of Study medicine • Hebraic law • Judaism • Thirteen Articles of Faith • philosophy of religion

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