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Maimonides
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Mai·mon·i·des  (m-mn-dz), Moses Originally Moses ben Maimon. Sometimes called "Rambam." 1135?-1204.
Spanish-born Egyptian physician, rabbi, and philosopher who codified the Talmud in the Mishneh Torah (1170-1180) and attempted to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy with Jewish theology in Guide for the Perplexed (1190).
Maimonides [maɪˈmɒnɪˌdiːz]
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(Biographies / Maimonides (1135-1204) M, Jewishnational of birth: Spanish, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher, MEDICINE: physician, LAW: jurist) also called Rabbi Moses ben Maimon. 1135-1204, Jewish philosopher, physician, and jurist, born in Spain. He codified Jewish law in Mishneh Torah (1180)
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Noun1.Maimonides - Spanish philosopher considered the greatest Jewish scholar of the Middle Ages who codified Jewish law in the Talmud (1135-1204)Maimonides - Spanish philosopher considered the greatest Jewish scholar of the Middle Ages who codified Jewish law in the Talmud (1135-1204)
Moses Maimonides, Rabbi Moses Ben Maimon
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196) Rabbi Joseph Caro (197) explains that Maimonidies is applying this principle primarily in two cases; 1) where someone has sinned publicly and therefore the sin is already public knowledge, such that his speaking out only serves to inform people that he has repented; and 2) where someone has sinned against a fellow man and therefore must ask him for forgiveness.
"Forgive me victim for I have sinned": why repentance and the ... by Bader, Cheryl G. / Fordham Urban Law Journal
162) Accordingly, Maimonidies ruled that one who is in a position to save another by reporting on a wrongdoer, and refrains from doing so, has violated the prohibition of standing idly by.
The Jewish criminal lawyer's dilemma by Greisman, Israel M. / Fordham Urban Law Journal
 
 
 
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