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Also Known As Naḥamani • Ramban • Moses ben Nahman
Born c.1194 • Girona • Spain
Died 1270 • Palestine
Subjects Of Study Kabbala • Talmud
Eleazar ben Judah Of Worms
German rabbi
Jonathan Eybeschütz
Polish rabbi and scholar
Joseph Gikatilla
Spanish Kabbalist
Martin Buber
Martin Buber
German religious philosopher
Baʿal Shem Ṭov
Polish rabbi
Moses De León
Spanish Kabbalist
False messiah: Shabbetai Tzevi
Shabbetai Tzevi
Jewish pseudo-messiah
Joseph ben Ephraim Karo
Jewish scholar
Ibn Janāḥ
Spanish-Jewish grammarian
Abraham ben Meir ibn Ezra
Spanish-Jewish scholar
Samuel ha-Nagid
Spanish-Jewish scholar and statesman
Solomon ben Abraham Adret
Spanish rabbi
Moses ben Samuel ibn Tibbon
Jewish physician and translator
Gershom ben Judah
Jewish scholar
Moses ben Jacob Cordovero
Jewish mystic
Joseph Albo
Spanish philosopher
Philo Judaeus
Philo Judaeus
Jewish philosopher
Saʿadia ben Joseph
Jewish exegete and philosopher
Hillel
Jewish scholar
Rashi, from a French postage stamp.
Rashi
French religious scholar