Almali, Nathanael Ibn

Almali, Nathanael Ibn, a Jewish physician of Saragossa, who flourished in the 13th century, is known only as the translator of Maimonides's Mishna-commentary on the Seder Kodashim. For the benefit of the Jews of Rome, he made the, Hebrew translation from the Arabic. The translation was finished, together with a preface, by the translator in 1298. See Furst, Bibl. Jud. 1, 39; Gratz, Gesch. d. Juden, 7, 284. (B. P.)