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Also Known As Rosh
Born c.1250 • Germany
Died October 24, 1327 • Toledo • Spain
Moses ben Samuel ibn Tibbon
Jewish physician and translator
Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi
Jewish scholar
Ashi
Babylonian-Jewish scholar
Aḥa Of Shabḥa
Jewish scholar
Jacob Israel Emden
Danish rabbi
Frederick II
Frederick II
Holy Roman emperor
Moses Maimonides
Moses Maimonides
Jewish philosopher, scholar, and physician
St. Albertus Magnus
St. Albertus Magnus
German theologian, scientist, and philosopher
Rashi, from a French postage stamp.
Rashi
French religious scholar
Yom Ṭov Lipmann ben Nathan ha-Levi Heller
Bohemian rabbi and scholar
Adolf Jellinek
European Jewish rabbi and scholar
Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut
German jurist
Amram bar Sheshna
Jewish scholar
Louis Ginzberg
Lithuanian-American scholar
Isaiah ben Judah Loeb Berlin
Hungarian scholar
Martin Buber
Martin Buber
German religious philosopher
Franz Rosenzweig
German philosopher
Mendelssohn, Moses
Moses Mendelssohn
German-Jewish philosopher and scholar
Edith Stein
Edith Stein
German nun
Eleazar ben Judah Of Worms
German rabbi