Mind-Benders of Jewish History
Two Córdoba natives, twelve years apart
Maimonides (1138-1204) and the philosopher Averroes, Ibn Rushd (1126-1198), were both born in Córdoba within twelve years of each other, into its rabbinic and its Muslim-jurist elites during the same brief golden age of Andalusian learning.
How we know
Averroes b. Córdoba 14 Apr 1126, d.1198; Maimonides b. Córdoba 1138 d.1204 (graph for Rambam; Averroes Wikipedia; Britannica). Both native to Córdoba, ~12 years apart.
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