Ibn Verga, Solomon

Ibn Verga, Solomon
(fl. 15th-16th cent.)
   Spanish historiographer. After the conquest of Malaga in 1487, he was sent by Spanish Jewish commu-nities to raise funds for ransoming Jews captured there. When the Jews were expelled from Spain in 1492, he settled in Lisbon. From 1497 he was compelled to live as a Converso, but he later emigrated to Italy. His Shevet Yehudah is a narrative describing the persecution of the Jews from the destruction of the Second Temple until his own time. It was published with additions by his son Joseph ibn Verga.

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  • IBN VERGA, SOLOMON — (second half of 15th–first quarter of 16th century), Spanish Jewish historiographer. In addition to his extensive rabbinical and philosophical learning, Ibn Verga had a wide knowledge of the non Jewish literature of his time, and while in Spain… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Solomon Ibn Verga — (or Salomón ben Verga , 15th 16th century) (Hebrew: שלמה אבן וירגה) was a Spanish historian and physician. His relationship to Judah ibn Verga cannot be determined; it is certain, however, that he was not the son of the latter, for he never… …   Wikipedia

  • IBN VERGA, JOSEPH — (d.c. 1559), Turkish scholar. After escaping to Lisbon with his father, solomon ibn verga during the expulsion of the Jews from spain , Ibn Verga emigrated to Turkey. Settling first in Constantinople, he later moved to Adrianople, where he was… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Ibn Verga, Joseph — (d. c.1559)    Turkish scholar, son of Solomon ibn Verga. When the Jews were expelled from Spain in 1492, he fled to Lisbon with his father. Later he emigrated to Turkey, where he served as a rabbi and dayyan in Adrianople. He published his… …   Dictionary of Jewish Biography

  • Salomo ibn Verga — (* zweite Hälfte 15. Jahrhundert in Spanien; † erstes Viertel 16. Jahrhundert in Flandern) war ein spanisch portugiesischer Arzt, Dichter und Historiker. Er ist der Verfasser der Schewet Jehuda. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Schewet Jehuda 3… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Judah ibn Verga — (Hebrew: יהודה אבן וירגה) was a Spanish historian, kabalist, perhaps also mathematician, and astronomer, of the 15th century, born at Seville. He is supposed to have been the grandfather (by Eliakim Carmoly, Revue Orientale, ii. 98, the father)… …   Wikipedia

  • Joseph ibn Verga — (Hebrew: יוסף אבן וירגה) was a Turkish rabbi and historian who lived at Adrianople at the beginning of the 16th century.He was the son of Solomon ibn Verga, author of Shebeṭ Yehudah, who emigrated from Spain to Turkey as a Marrano. Joseph was a… …   Wikipedia

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