IBN YAḤYA, GEDALIAH BEN TAM
- IBN YAḤYA, GEDALIAH BEN TAM
- IBN YAḤYA, GEDALIAH BEN TAM (16th century),
physician and patron of learning in salonika . Ibn Yaḥya was said
to have introduced new remedies into medical practice. He was friendly
with amatus lusitanus , who dedicated to him his seventh
Centuria Curationum ("Hundred Medical Cases"). During a
plague in 1548, he translated writings of the scholastic philosopher,
Albertus Magnus, from Latin into Hebrew. His Spanish translation of the
Dialoghi di Amore of judah abrabanel (Venice, 1568) was
dedicated to Philip II of Spain. He and his friend
aaron afia exemplify the high standard of general culture among
descendants of the Spanish exiles of 1492.
(Cecil Roth)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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