Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
Jacob Anatoli — Jacob ben Abba Mari ben Simson Anatoli (c. 1194 ndash; 1256) was a translator of Arabic texts to Hebrew. He was invited to Naples by Frederick II. Under this royal patronage, and in association with Michael Scot, Anatoli made Arabic learning… … Wikipedia
LEVI BEN ABRAHAM BEN ḤAYYIM — (c. 1245–c. 1315), French philosopher, whose teachings were the focus of the anti philosophical controversy which raged among Jews in Provence and Catalonia between 1303 and 1305. Levi b. Abraham was born at Villefranche de Conflent. Persecuted… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Jewish philosophy — Jewish theology redirects here. Philosophy and Kabbalah are two common approaches to Jewish theology Part of a series on … Wikipedia
PHILOSOPHY, JEWISH — This article is arranged according to the following outline: WHAT IS JEWISH PHILOSOPHY? recent histories of jewish philosophy biblical and rabbinic antecedents bible rabbinic literature hellenistic jewish philosophy philo of alexandria biblical… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
LITERATURE, JEWISH — Literature on Jewish themes and in languages regarded as Jewish has been written continuously for the past 3,000 years. What the term Jewish literature encompasses, however, demands definition, since Jews have lived in so many countries and have… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
TRANSLATION AND TRANSLATORS — The earliest Jewish translations, apart from possible examples in the Bible, are the Greek version of the Pentateuch and, later, other books of the Bible, which were made to fill a need in the Greek speaking Jewish community of Alexandria and… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MAIMONIDEAN CONTROVERSY — MAIMONIDEAN CONTROVERSY, a vast complex of disputed cultural, religious, and social problems, focusing around several central themes. Some of the elements of this controversy considerably antedate maimonides (1135–1204); and of the questions… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Jüdische Literatur — Jüdische Literatur, im weitern Sinne das gesamte Schrifttum der Juden vom Abschluß der Bibel bis zur Gegenwart. Sie wurzelt in der hebräischen Literatur, deren Pflege und Weiterbildung sie übernimmt. Zu der überkommenen eignen Gelehrsamkeit tritt … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
AVERROES° — (Abu al Walid Muhammad ibn Rushd; 1126–1198), qadi, jurist, noted physician, and one of the greatest Islamic philosophers. Averroes, who lived in Spain, is best known as the outstanding commentator of the medieval period on Aristotle s works. He… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
