[mahy-mon-i-deez] 
(Moses ben Maimon; “RaMBaM” ), 1135–1204, Jewish scholastic philosopher and rabbi, born in Spain: one of the major theologians of Judaism. |
| Mai·mon·i·des (mī-mŏn'ĭ-dēz') 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). |