In History
December 13, 1204 A.D. Moses Maimonides (known in Hebrew as Moshe ben Maimon), the Jewish rabbi, physician and philosopher who compiled Talmudic law in the 14-volume Mishneh Torah and was the foremost intellectual figure of medieval Judaism, died in Fustat, Egypt.
MLA Citation
“In History,” Biblical Archaeology Review 38.6 (2012): 18.