Rabbi Vidal de Tolosa, Author of "Magid Mishne", and His Attitude to Philosophy and Science / ר' וידאל דה טולוסה בעל 'מגיד משנה' ויחסו לפילוסופיה ולמדע

Very little is known about Rabbi Vidal de Tolosa, the mysterious Talmudist of the fourteenth century whose commentary on Maimonides' Mishne Torah became a classic of Talmudic literature. The Magid Mishne was in fact the foundation of a new field of Talmudic literature – the field devoted to del...

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