Abraham Maimonides
Abraham Maimonides · Historical & Religious Figures
Nagid of Egyptian Jewry, court physician and founder of the Jewish-Sufi pietist movement
13 juin 1186, Fustat (Le Caire), Égypte — 7 décembre 1237, Égypte
Fustat, Le Caire
Abraham Maimonides is recognized among Jewish contributors to Historical & Religious Figures — Nagid of Egyptian Jewry, court physician and founder of the Jewish-Sufi pietist movement
Origins and early life
Abraham Maimonides — Avraham ben Moshe ben Maimon — was born on 13 June 1186 in Fustat, the only son of Moses Maimonides.
Work and career
When his father died in 1204, the community recognized the eighteen-year-old as its greatest scholar, and from 1213 he formally bore the title of Nagid, head of Egyptian Jewry — an office his descendants would hold for nearly two centuries. Like his father he served as court physician, attending the Ayyubid sultan al-Malik al-Kamil. His magnum opus, the Kifayat al-Abidin, the Comprehensive Guide for the Servants of God, is a vast Judeo-Arabic compendium of law, theology and ethics that openly embraces devotional practices and vocabulary drawn from Sufism — making him the founding figure of a distinct Jewish-Sufi pietist movement in Egypt.
And he was his father's shield: when reports came that Maimonides' books had been burned at Montpellier, Abraham answered the anti-rationalists with his Milhamot HaShem, the Wars of the Lord. He died on 7 December 1237.
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Nagid of Egyptian Jewry, court physician and founder of the Jewish-Sufi pietist movement
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