This page is part of my Twitter Thread Index. Every Sunday, I post a thread on Twitter about a figure from Jewish history and why their work matters. The threads are collected in browsable form in the index.
R. Shlomo Ibn Adret (Rashba, c. 1235-c. 1310), the cantankerous Torah giant of Barcelona, was involved in all of his day’s affairs, walking a middle path that was informed by, but also wary of, Rambam’s complex philosophical legacy.