Moses ben Nahman
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Moses ben Nahman was a leading 13th-century Spanish rabbi, Talmudist, Kabbalist, and biblical commentator renowned for his influential Torah commentary and role in the Disputation of Barcelona.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nachmanides | 9 |
| Moses ben Nahman canonical | 7 |
| Moshe ben Nachman | 2 |
| Moshe ben Nahman | 2 |
| Moshe ben Nahman Gerondi | 1 |
| Moshe ben Nahman of Gerona | 1 |
| Rabbeinu Moshe ben Nahman | 1 |
| موسى بن ميمون | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T968084 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Moses ben Nahman Context triple: [Nachmanides, alsoKnownAs, Moses ben Nahman]
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A.
Hayyim Vital
Hayyim Vital was a prominent 16th-century Kabbalist, best known as the chief disciple and recorder of the teachings of Isaac Luria, which became foundational for later Jewish mysticism.
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B.
Rabbi Yehuda Leib Maimon
Rabbi Yehuda Leib Maimon was a prominent Orthodox rabbi, Zionist leader, and one of the signatories of the Israeli Declaration of Independence who served as Israel’s first Minister of Religions.
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C.
Moshe Cordovero
Moshe Cordovero was a 16th-century Safed rabbi and one of the most influential systematic thinkers and codifiers of Kabbalah.
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D.
Saadia Gaon
Saadia Gaon was a 10th-century Jewish philosopher, rabbi, and exegete renowned for his foundational works in Jewish theology, biblical commentary, and translation, particularly in Judeo-Arabic.
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E.
Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz
Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz was a 16th-century Kabbalist and rabbi of Safed, best known as a leading mystic of the Golden Age of Jewish mysticism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Moses ben Nahman Target entity description: Moses ben Nahman was a leading 13th-century Spanish rabbi, Talmudist, Kabbalist, and biblical commentator renowned for his influential Torah commentary and role in the Disputation of Barcelona.
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A.
Hayyim Vital
Hayyim Vital was a prominent 16th-century Kabbalist, best known as the chief disciple and recorder of the teachings of Isaac Luria, which became foundational for later Jewish mysticism.
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B.
Rabbi Yehuda Leib Maimon
Rabbi Yehuda Leib Maimon was a prominent Orthodox rabbi, Zionist leader, and one of the signatories of the Israeli Declaration of Independence who served as Israel’s first Minister of Religions.
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C.
Moshe Cordovero
Moshe Cordovero was a 16th-century Safed rabbi and one of the most influential systematic thinkers and codifiers of Kabbalah.
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D.
Saadia Gaon
Saadia Gaon was a 10th-century Jewish philosopher, rabbi, and exegete renowned for his foundational works in Jewish theology, biblical commentary, and translation, particularly in Judeo-Arabic.
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E.
Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz
Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz was a 16th-century Kabbalist and rabbi of Safed, best known as a leading mystic of the Golden Age of Jewish mysticism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (80)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
13th-century rabbi
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Jewish legal scholar ⓘ Kabbalist ⓘ Spanish Jew ⓘ Talmudist ⓘ biblical commentator ⓘ halakhic authority ⓘ medieval Jewish philosopher ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| birthDate | c. 1194 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Catalonia
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Crown of Aragon ⓘ Girona ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Crown of Aragon ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent |
Disputation of Barcelona
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surface form:
Disputation of Barcelona, 1263
|
| deathDate | c. 1270 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Acre
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Eretz HaKodesh ⓘ
surface form:
Land of Israel
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| era | 13th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Jewish law
ⓘ
Jewish philosophy ⓘ Kabbalah ⓘ Talmudic law ⓘ biblical exegesis ⓘ |
| hasHonorific |
Moses ben Nahman
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Rabbeinu Moshe ben Nahman
Nachmanides (Ramban) ⓘ
surface form:
Ramban
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| hasName |
Nachmanides (Ramban)
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surface form:
Moses ben Nachman
Moses ben Nahman self-link ⓘ Moses ben Nahman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Moshe ben Nachman
Moses ben Nahman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Moshe ben Nahman
Moses ben Nahman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Moshe ben Nahman Gerondi
Moses ben Nahman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Moshe ben Nahman of Gerona
Nachmanides (Ramban) ⓘ
surface form:
Nahmanides
Nachmanides (Ramban) ⓘ
surface form:
Ramban
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| influenced |
Kabbalistic tradition
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Spanish Kabbalah ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Kabbalists
halakhic decisors ⓘ later biblical commentators ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Maimonides
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Rashi ⓘ Baalei Tosafot ⓘ
surface form:
Tosafists
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| knownFor |
Kabbalistic interpretations of the Bible
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commentaries on the Talmud ⓘ defense of Judaism in public disputation ⓘ halakhic responsa ⓘ influential Torah commentary ⓘ participation in the Disputation of Barcelona ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Aramaic
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Catalan ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ |
| movedTo |
Acre
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Eretz HaKodesh ⓘ
surface form:
Land of Israel
|
| movement |
Kabbalah
ⓘ
medieval Jewish mysticism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Sefer HaMitzvot (Hasagot on Maimonides)
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surface form:
Commentary on Sefer HaMitzvot of Maimonides
Commentary on the Pentateuch ⓘ Commentary on the Talmud ⓘ Commentary on the Torah ⓘ Milhamot Hashem ⓘ Sefer HaMitzvot critique ⓘ Sermon on Rosh Hashanah ⓘ Torah commentary ⓘ Torat HaAdam ⓘ |
| occupation |
Kabbalist
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Talmudic scholar ⓘ biblical exegete ⓘ physician ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| opponentInDisputation | Pablo Christiani ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Disputation of Barcelona ⓘ |
| patron | James I of Aragon ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chief rabbi of Catalonia
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rabbinic leader of Girona ⓘ |
| region |
Catalonia
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Spain ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
Acre
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Barcelona ⓘ Girona ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Moses ben Nahman Description of subject: Moses ben Nahman was a leading 13th-century Spanish rabbi, Talmudist, Kabbalist, and biblical commentator renowned for his influential Torah commentary and role in the Disputation of Barcelona.
Referenced by (24)
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