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Also Known As Rashbaz
Born 1361 • Majorca • Spain
Died 1444 (aged 83) • Algiers • Algeria
Subjects Of Study Judaism • “The Ethics of the Fathers”
Moses Maimonides
Moses Maimonides
Jewish philosopher, scholar, and physician
Moses De León
Spanish Kabbalist
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
Ḥasdai ben Abraham Crescas
Spanish philosopher
Menahem ben Saruq
Spanish-Jewish lexicographer
Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda
Jewish philosopher
Abraham ben David Halevi ibn Daud
Jewish physician and historian
Joseph Gikatilla
Spanish Kabbalist
Naḥmanides
Spanish scholar and rabbi
Abraham bar Hiyya
Spanish-Jewish philosopher and scientist
Joseph Albo
Spanish philosopher
Ibn Falaquera
Jewish philosopher
Joseph ben Shem Tov ibn Shem Tov
Jewish philosopher and physician
Saint Joachim
father of Virgin Mary
Lazarus
New Testament parable figure
Theodore Bikel
Austrian-born actor. singer, and political activist