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Moses of Narbonne

Born: Perpigan, Around 1300

Died: Perpignan, 1362 or a Little Be After

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Rabbi Moses of Narbonne (frequently referred to as Moses Narboni or the Narboni) was a Jewish Averroist philosopher. He was most known for his radical naturalist position, especially his belief in the eternity of the world and his metaphorical interpretations of various Biblical passages. The bulk of his works are commentaries on philosophical writings of other philosophers. His most important philosophical book was his commentary on Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed.

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  • Altmann, A. 1967. ‘Moses Narboni’s “Epistle on Shi’ur Qoma”. A Critical Edition of the Hebrew Text with an Introduction and an Annotated English Translation. In Jewish Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 225–288. Cambridge, MA.

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  • Bland, K.. 1982. The epistle on the possibility of conjunction with the active intellect by Ibn Rushd with the commentary of Moses Narboni. A critical edition and annotated translation. The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New-York.

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  • Sirat, C. 1970. Les chapitres de Moïse de Moshé Narboni. In Tarbiz, vol. 39, 287–306. (Hebrew).

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  • Various commentaries on Maimonides’. 1961. Guide of the perplexed. In Shelosha kadmonei mefarshe Ha’more (Three early commentators on the guide). Jerusalem.

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  • Hayoun, M. 1982. La theologie et la philosophie de Moïse de Narbonne. Paris. (French).

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  1. Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Scheva, Israel

    Shalom Sadik

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  1. Dept. of Philosophy a. Cultural Heritage, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia Dept. of Philosophy a. Cultural Heritage, Venezia, Italy

    Marco Sgarbi

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  1. Finnish Center of Political Thought & Conceptual Change, JYVÄSKYLÄN YLIOPISTO, Finland

    Vasileios Syros

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Sadik, S. (2019). Moses of Narbonne. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_155-1

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