Astruc ha-Levi — of Daroca (lived in Spain at the end of the fourteenth and at the beginning of the fifteenth century) was a Spanish Jewish Talmudic scholar.He was a delegate to the famous disputation of Tortosa, in 1413, under the presidency of Pope Benedict… … 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
Astruc de Sestier — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Astruc (homonymie). Le Kitab Al Qanum fi Al Tibb (« livre des lois médicales »), composé de 5 livres, est l œuvre médicale majeure d Avicenne … Wikipédia en Français
Astruc, Levi — (fl. late 14th early 15th cent) Spanish rabbi. He participated in the Disputation of Tortosa in 1413 14 … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
TORTOSA, DISPUTATION OF — TORTOSA, DISPUTATION OF, disputation held in Tortosa, in 1413–14, the most important and longest of the christian jewish disputations which were forced upon the Jews during the Middle Ages. It was apparently prompted by Gerónimo de Santa Fé (the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
History of the Jews in Spain — Part of a series of articles on Jews and Judaism … Wikipedia
CRESCAS (or Cresques), ḤASDAI BEN JUDAH — (c. 1340–winter 1410–11), Catalonian rabbi, philosopher, and statesman. Crescas was born into an old Barcelonan family of rabbis and merchants. He studied Talmud and philosophy there under Rabbi nissim b. reuben gerondi (c. 1310–1376) and… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Joseph Albo — (Hebrew: יוסף אלבו) (c. 1380–1444) was a Jewish philosopher and rabbi who lived in Spain during the fifteenth century, known chiefly as the author of Sefer ha Ikkarim ( Book of Principles ), the classic work on the fundamentals of Judaism.Early… … Wikipedia
ALCAÑIZ — ALCAÑIZ, city in Aragon, Spain, subject to the Order of calatrava . The jurisdiction of the order also extended to the 30 Jewish families living in Alcañiz. Several families, formerly scattered in the surrounding villages, joined the community in … 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