Maimonides born at Cordoba

1135

In the Almoravid capital of al-Andalus, a Jewish boy was born who would flee the Almohad persecution, settle in Cairo, serve as physician to Saladin's household, and write a Hebrew code of Jewish law and an Arabic Guide for the Perplexed that remain foundational texts. His philosophical reconciliation of Aristotelian reason with biblical revelation would influence Thomas Aquinas and the entire trajectory of medieval Christian theology.