About Hayyim ben Judah ibn Musa
Lived 1380 – 1460 (aged 79–80). Hayyim ben Judah ibn Musa was a physician.
Hayyim ben Judah ibn Musa was a Jewish physician, chemist, astronomer, and apologist who contended with Nicholas de Lyra. He was born in 1380 in Béjar, near Salamanca and died in 1460. His main work is Magen va-Romah (Shield and sword), in which he criticised Christianity.
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Jewish physician and apologist
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Hayyim ben Judah ibn Musa was born in 1380.
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Hayyim ben Judah ibn Musa was a physician.
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