Alfonsi, Petrus (Sephardi, Moses)
- Alfonsi, Petrus (Sephardi, Moses)
(1062-1110)
Spanish writer and translator. He converted to Christianity and wrote a polemic against Judaism in the form of a dialogue. His collection of pious anecdotes for preachers, Training for the Clergy, introduced oriental tales to European readers.
Dictionary of Jewish Biography.
Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
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