Nachman Krochmal

Rabbi
Nachman HaKohen Krochmal
נחמן קְרוֹכְמַל
Title page from Nachman Krochmal's Guide for the Perplexed of Our Time
Title page from Nachman Krochmal's Guide for the Perplexed of Our Time
Personal
Born17 February 1785
Brody, Galicia, Austrian Empire
Died31 July 1840 (aged 55)
Ternopil, Ukraine
NationalityGalician, Austrian
Known forMoreh Nebukhe ha-Zeman (Guide for the Perplexed of the Time)
OccupationPhilosopher, theologian, historian

Nachman HaKohen Krochmal (Hebrew: נחמן קְרוֹכְמַל; born in Brody, Galicia, on 17 February 1785; died at Ternopil on 31 July 1840) was a Jewish Galician philosopher, theologian, and historian.