An exploration of Maimonides, the medieval philosopher, physician, and religious thinker, author of The Guide of the Perplexed, from one of the world's foremost bibliophiles Moses ben Maimon, or Maimonides (1138-1204), was born in C?rdoba, Spain. The gifted son of a judge and mathematician, Maimonides fled C?rdoba with his family when he was thirteen due to Almohad persecution of all non-Islamic faiths. Forced into a long exile,...