Nahmanides
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- Born
- 1194. · Girona.
- Died
- 1270. · Acre.
- Nationality
- Crown of Aragon.
- Occupation
- rabbi, poet, philosopher, physician, kabbalist and scholar.
- Fields
- biblical studies, Kabbalah, medicine and philosophy of religion.
- Teachers
- Nathan ben Meïr and Judah ben Yakar.
- Known for
- Ramban's commentary on the Torah, Torat ha-Adam, Book of Commandments according to the Ramban, Chidushei Ramban and Iggeret ha-Ramban.
- Languages
- Hebrew and Catalan.
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Training under Nathan ben Meïr and Judah ben Yakar is recorded. Shlomo ben Aderet, Aharon HaLevi and David Bonafed are recorded as having studied under Nahmanides. The recorded working language is Hebrew and Catalan. The field of work recorded is biblical studies, Kabbalah and medicine. Works named in the authority record are Ramban's commentary on the Torah, Torat ha-Adam, Book of Commandments according to the Ramban, Chidushei Ramban and Iggeret ha-Ramban.
Page of "Sefer Torat Ha-Adam" by Nahmanides, printed in Costantinople 1518 (my copy)
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1194
Nahmanides born at Girona.
1270
Nahmanides died at Acre.
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- 1.Now also found in the form Nahmanides .
- 2.Alberch i Fugueras, Ramon. The Jews in Girona. Diputació de Girona. 27. 1994. 9788480670333.
- 3.Bar Ilan CD-ROM
- 4.Encyclopaedia Judaica | second edition | vol 14 | pg 741
- 5.MOSES BEN NAḤMAN GERONDI - JewishEncyclopedia.com. www.jewishencyclopedia.com.
- 6.Kaufmann Kohler & Isaac Broydé. AZRIEL (EZRA) BEN MENAHEM (BEN SOLOMON). Jewish Encyclopedia.
- 7.Section 1, responsa 120 and 167
- 8.Iggeret Ha-Kodesh - Jewish Women's Archive. jwa.org. 12 July 2021.
- 9.Moshe Halbertal. “Nahmanides. Law and Mysticism” Yale University Press, New Haven & London 2020 ISBN 978-0-300-14091-0 (p. 287)
- 10.Ramban (Nachmanides) Commentary on the Torah, Trans. by Dr. Charles B. Chavel, (New York: Shilo Publishing House, 1971), p.23
- 11.In his "Ma'amar Tehiyyat Hametim" ("Treatise on Resurrection"), Maimonides dismisses as "utter fools" anyone who believes that the three angels who visited Abraham's tent actually "ate" the "curd, and milk, and the calf" that Abraham had prepared for them, despite the explicit language of the text. Instead, Maimonides takes a rationalist approach that, because angels are incorporeal, they do not consume food like ordinary man, and thus it only "appeared" that they were eating, or that Abraham had a prophetic vision of the angels eating. See Fred Rosner, trans., Moses Maimonides' Treatise on Resurrection (Rowman & Littlefield ed. 2004), , p. 27.
- 12.Cultures in Collision and Conversation by David Berger, (Academic Studies Press, 2011), pp.129-151
- 13.Commentators:Ramban's Updates – AlHaTorah.org. alhatorah.org.
- 14.הרמב"ן. כתבי הרמב"ן. מוסד הרב קוק.
- 15.Graetz, Geschichte der Juden Vol. VII, pp. 440–441; Chazan, Barcelona and Beyond, p. 199
- 16.Mayer Kayserling JQR Review 8, 1896, p. 494
- 17.p. 73 in Jonathan Sacks (2005) To Heal a Fractured World: The Ethics of Responsibility. London: Continuum ( )
- 18.Ramban (Rabbi Moses ben Nachman - "Nachmanides") - 4954-5029; 1195-1270. www.chabad.org.
- 19.Ramban's Cave - Trip to Jerusalem.
- 20.Sefaria: Ramban on Genesis
- 21.Sefaria: Chiddushei Ramban on Berakhot
- 22.Aryeh Leibowitz (2018). Ramban’s Talmud Commentary
- 23.Teshuvot haRashba Meyuchas LehaRamban; see Beit Yosef's introduction to the Tur for a discussion of authorship
- 24.Trachtenberg, Joshua. Jewish Magic and Superstition. University of Pennsylvania Press. 322. 2004. 9780812218626.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Caputo, Nina, Nahmanides in Medieval Catalonia: History, Community and Messianism. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2008. Pp. 384.
- Joseph E. David, Dwelling within the Law: Nahmanides' Legal Theology, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion (2013), pp. 1–21.
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He trained under Nathan ben Meïr and Judah ben Yakar. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
He also worked under the names רמב"ן, Rambán and Nahmanides. The authorities additionally record the heading Ramban. His recorded languages were Hebrew and Catalan. His recorded confession was Judaism. Nahmanides worked in biblical studies, Kabbalah, medicine and philosophy of religion. He belonged to Kabbalistic school of Girona. Work and production. Works recorded as notable number 5: Ramban's commentary on the Torah, Torat ha-Adam, Book of Commandments according to the Ramban, Chidushei Ramban and Iggeret ha-Ramban.
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