MaimonidesAn exploration of Maimonides, the medieval philosopher, physician, and religious thinker, author of The Guide of the Perplexed, from one of the worlds foremost bibliophiles. Moses ben Maimon, or Maimonides (11381204), was born in Crdoba, Spain. The gifted son of a judge and mathematician, Maimonides fled Crdoba with his family at the age of thirteen due to Almohad persecution of all non Islamic faiths. Forced into a long exile, the family spent a