Baquet's Guide to the World's Classics: Judaism

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Maimonides, Jewish Philosopher
(1135/1138-1204)

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Name: Moshe ben Maimon
Known as: Maimonides
Birth: Unknown Date, 1135, Córdoba, Spain
Death: December 13, 1204, Fustat, Egypt
Language: Judeo-Arabic
Who he was: medieval Jewish philosopher; The Guide for the Perplexed; "Oath of Maimonides"

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Josephus, Romano-Jewish Historian
(37-c. 100)

Just the Facts:

Name: Titus Flavius Josephus
Known as: Josephus
Birth: 37, Jerusalem, Israel
Death: 100, Rome, Italy
Languages: Greek, Latin, Hebrew?, Aramaic?
Who he was: Romano-Jewish historian who wrote The Jewish War; Jewish Antiquities; Against Apion; and his Autobiography

Philo of Alexandria, Hellenistic Jewish Philosopher
(c. 25 BCE-c. 50 CE)

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Name: Philo of Alexandria
Also known as: Philo Judaeus
Dates: c. 25 BCE-c. 50 CE
Place: Alexandria, Egypt
Language: Latin; Greek? Hebrew?
Who he was: Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who wrote numerous allegorical commentaries on the "Old Testament"

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Maimonides, Jewish Philosopher(1135/1138-1204)

Josephus, Romano-Jewish Historian(37-c. 100)

Philo of Alexandria, Hellenistic Jewish Philosopher(c. 25 BCE-c. 50 CE)

Maimonides, Jewish Philosopher
(1135/1138-1204)

Josephus, Romano-Jewish Historian
(37-c. 100)

Philo of Alexandria, Hellenistic Jewish Philosopher
(c. 25 BCE-c. 50 CE)