- Abendana, Isaac
- (1640-1710)English Hebrew scholar. He taught Hebrew at the universities of Cambridge and Oxford, and translated the Mishnah into Latin.
Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
Abendana, Isaac
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ABENDANA, ISAAC — (c. 1640–c. 1710), scholar of Marrano origin, younger brother of jacob b. joseph abendana . In 1662 lsaac went to England, where from 1663 he taught Hebrew at Cambridge and prepared for the university a translation of the Mishnah into Latin,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ABENDANA, ISAAC SARDO — (c. 1662–1709), diamond merchant. Abendana, who was originally from Holland, went to India from London in about 1702. He settled in Pulicat on the Coromandel Coast before moving to Fort St. George (Madras). In the records of the British East… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ABENDANA, JACOB BEN JOSEPH — (1630–1685), biblical commentator and polemist, elder brother of isaac abendana ; probably born in Hamburg, of Portuguese parents. Together with Joshua Pardo and Imanuel Abenatar Melo he studied at the Academia de los Pintos in Rotterdam. In 1655 … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Isaac Abendana — (c. 1640 1710) was the younger brother of Jacob Abendana, and became hakam of the Spanish Portuguese Synagogue in London after his brother died. Abendana moved to England before his brother, in 1662, and taught Hebrew at Cambridge University. He… … Wikipedia
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