Abstract
This paper, part of a larger work, underlines the contributions of Maimonides, Ramban, to sephardic jewish-spanish culture in genera! and particu!arIy to the development of medica! science in Medieval Spain.
After a historical and biographic sketch, it points to the relations between religion and medicine as shown by his medica! practice. As a conclusion it offers a pair of traditional narratives on the Jife ofthe Rabbi in the muslim court.