Ibn Daud, Abraham

Ibn Daud, Abraham
(c. 1110-80)
   Spanish historian, philosopher, physician and astronomer. He was born in Cordoba and settled in Toledo. His Emunah Ramah (Sublime Faith) is a philosophical treatise based on Aristotelian principles. In this work he explores central problems connected with God, the soul, prophecy and creation, and free will. His Sepher ha-Kabbalah (Book of Tradition) relates the history of talmudic scholarship to his own day.

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