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Rabbi Maimon ben Joseph HaDayan (c.1110–1166) was an exegete, moralist and dayyan (Hebrew for "judge") from al-Andalus.[1] He is best known as the father of Maimonides. His teacher was the respected scholar Joseph ibn Migash. He authored a commentary, in Arabic, on the Pentateuch, and also wrote on Jewish ritual and festival law.[2][3]
Biography
Maimon[a] was born to a Sephardic family of al-Andalus documented back to the beginning of the 10th century.[1] He studied under Joseph ha-Levi ben Meʾir ibn Migash in Lucena.[1] It is speculated that his family left Córdoba when the city submitted to the Almohad Caliph Abd al-Mu'min in 1148.[1] According to the Encyclopedia of Jews in the Muslim World, "it must be assumed that they remained in Cordova until 1159 to 1160, posing as Muslims, and then moved to Fez, the Almohad capital in Morocco, apparently because the life of a crypto-Jew was easier there."[1]
Works
- Epistle of Consolation (Heb. Iggeret ha-Neḥama), in Judeo-Arabic[1]
- Commentaries on the Pentateuch, in Judeo-Arabic[1]
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Notes
- ^ Son of Joseph, son of Isaac, son of Joseph, son of Obadiah, son of Solomon, son of Joseph, son of Isaac, son of Joseph ha-Dayyan in the late 10th century
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Targarona, Judit, "Maimon ben Joseph ha-Dayyan", Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World Online, doi:10.1163/1878-9781_ejiw_COM_0014310, retrieved 2026-01-18
- ^ Jacobs, Joseph. "MAIMON (MAIMUN) BEN JOSEPH". Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ "MOSES BEN MAIMON (RaMBaM; usually called MAIMONIDES)". Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
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