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Maimonides at Work: A Rabbi鈥檚 Workday in Medieval Egypt
Nov 29, 2021 By Tamar Marvin | Public Event video | Video Lecture
Toward the end of his life, Maimonides received a request from his translator and admirer in France: to come and visit the great rabbi and discuss with him the important matter of translating his most sensitive work,The Guide of the Perplexed. In response, Maimonides waves off Samuel IbnTibbon, the translator, recounting how busy he is.The correspondence between Maimonides and his translatoris rich in detail, providing insight into Maimonides鈥檒ife.
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Cosmopolitan Scholarship in Provence
Mar 2, 2018 By Tamar Marvin | Commentary
The intellectual achievements of the vibrant Jewish communities of medieval Provence鈥攚hat is today the superlatively lovely Mediterranean coast of France鈥攚ere largely lost to subsequent Jewish conversation. Situated at the crossroads of Sefarad and Ashkenaz, Proven莽al Jewry was influenced by northern European currents of thought while absorbing insights from the Judeo-Arabic sphere. The expulsions suffered by European Jews in the late Middle Ages included the dispersal of Proven莽al communities.
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