Moses ibn Tibbon

Moses ibn Tibbon was a Jewish physician, author and translator in Provence, born in Marseille and known to have flourished between 1240 and 1283. The number of works attributed to him suggests that he reached a great age. He was the son of Samuel ibn Tibbon, a Jewish scholar and doctor who translated Maimonides into Hebrew, and he was the father of Judah ibn Tibbon, who became prominent in the Maimonidean controversy at Montpellier. Like other Jewish physicians of Provence, he was restricted by the Council of Béziers in May 1246, which prohibited Jewish physicians from treating Gentiles, a rule that shows the legal limits placed on medical practice in his community.