HABILLO, ELISHA — (called Mercado; 1719–1792), rabbi of Sarajevo. Habillo studied under david pardo , author of Shoshannim le David. He wrote Avodat ha Tamid (Sarajevo, 1788), a commentary on the Sephardi liturgy for the whole year, together with the order of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Jüdische Literatur — Jüdische Literatur. Die I. L., die man auch, aber unpassend, Rabbinische Literatur nennt, beginnt in demselben Zeitalter, in welchem der Übergang des Hebraismus in das Judenthum (s.d.) stattfand. Auf der Hebräischen Literatur (s.d.) wurzelnd u.… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
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
SHABBETAI ẒEVI — (1626–1676), the central figure of Shabbateanism, the messianic movement named after him. Background of the Movement Shabbateanism was the largest and most momentous messianic movement in Jewish history subsequent to the destruction of the Temple … 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
PRIMO, SAMUEL — (c. 1635–1708), talmudist and Shabbatean leader. Probably born in Cairo, where he studied under Judah Sharaf, Primo later settled in Jerusalem and in 1662 represented the Jewish community there in its quarrel with the heirs of the late david… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
YEẒIRAH, SEFER — (Heb. סֵפֶר יְצִירָה; the Book of Creation ), the earliest extant Hebrew text of systematic, speculative thought. Its brevity – no more than 1,600 words altogether even in its longer version – allied to its obscure and at the same time laconic… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
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
BONAFOUX, DANIEL BEN ISRAEL — (c. 1645–after 1710), Shabbatean prophet. Bonafoux was born in Salonika, and settled in Smyrna and served there as a ḥazzan in the Pinto synagogue. He was a follower of Shabbetai Ẓevi and even after his apostasy Bonafoux continued to be a leading … Encyclopedia of Judaism
CATEGORIES — CATEGORIES, in medieval Jewish philosophy the highest logical as well as metaphysical classification into which all beings are divided. aristotle (Categories, chs. 5–9; Metaphysics, book 5, especially chs. 8 and 30. speaks of the categories which … Encyclopedia of Judaism
