Acharonim
The Maharal of Prague, Rabbi Yehuda Löw (c. 1520–1609): biography and works
The life of the Maharal of Prague, Rabbi Yehuda Löw: his posts in Nikolsburg, Prague and Poznań, his meeting with Rudolf II, his works and the Golem.
Sages of Israel
Philosophers and thinkers
Maimonides, Yehuda Halevi and Jewish philosophy.
Rishonim
Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra (c. 1089–1164): biography, works and legacy
The life of Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra: his youth in Tudela, his friendship with Yehuda Halevi, his years wandering through Europe and his Torah commentary. With a timeline.
Rishonim
Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, the Rambam (Maimonides): biography, works and legacy
The life of the Rambam, Maimonides: Córdoba, the Almohad exile, his life in Egypt, the Mishneh Torah and the Guide for the Perplexed. With a timeline.
Rishonim
Rabbi Ovadia Sforno (c. 1475–1550): biography, works and legacy
The life of Rabbi Ovadia Sforno: Italian Renaissance physician and commentator, Reuchlin’s Hebrew teacher, author of the Torah commentary and of Or Amim.
Geonim
Rabbi Saadia Gaon (882–942): biography, works and legacy
The life of Rabbi Saadia Gaon: from Egypt to Babylonia, the polemic with the Karaites, his translation of the Torah into Arabic and Emunot VeDeot.
Rishonim
Rabbi Yehuda Halevi (c. 1075–1141): biography, poetry and the Kuzari
The life of Rabbi Yehuda Halevi: poet, physician and philosopher of Sepharad, author of the Kuzari and the Songs of Zion, and his journey to the Land of Israel.
Rishonim
Rabbi Yitzchak Abravanel (1437–1508): biography, works and exile
The life of Rabbi Yitzchak Abravanel: treasurer in Portugal, financier in Castile, the expulsion of 1492 and his commentaries and messianic works.
Rishonim
The Radak, Rabbi David Kimchi (c. 1160–1235): biography, grammar and commentaries
The life of the Radak, Rabbi David Kimchi of Narbonne: grammarian and Bible commentator, defender of Maimonides, author of Mikhlol and Sefer HaShorashim.