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ABBA MARI - LoveToKnow Article on ABBA MARI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | (in full, Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph), French rabbi, was born at Lunel, near Montpellier, towards the end of the i3th century. |
 | | The descendant of men learned in rabbinic lore, Abba Mari devoted himself to the study of theology and philosophy, and made himself acquainted with the writing of Moses Maimonides and Nachmanides as well as with the Talmud. |
 | | In Montpellier, where he lived from 1303 to 1306, he was much distressed by the prevalence of Aristotelian rationalism, which, through the medium of the works of Maimonides, threatened the authority of the Old Testament/ obedience to the law, and the belief in miracles and revelation. |
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