Sign In / Become a Member   Events     New Books     Kuntresim     Dinur Publications     eJewish.info     Contact us     About us!     עברית     Add Resource   Resources > Medieval Jewish History > Rabbis Search for:    Advanced Search    Browse by keyword Search all listings Search only in Rabbis Maimonides   Rashi North African Scholars   Spanish Scholars Rabbi Yehudah Halevi   Tosafot and Tosafists There are currently 130 resources in this category Displaying results 1 - 15: 1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 | Next Sort by site rank Sort by title Sort by rating Sort by popularity Sort by date 1. “Radak,” Rabbi David Kimchi (1160-1235)      More Info The page is dedicated to the famous rabbi of the 12th-13th centuries, David Kimchi, and includes a short biography. 2. Aaron ben Moses ben Asher      More Info This page of the "Gates to Jewish heritage" site tell about Aaron ben Moses ben Asher, Masorah Expert and First Grammarian who lived in Tiberias during the first half of the 10th century. 3. Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph Astruc: Opponent to The Guide For the Perplexed      More Info Abba Mari ben Moses ben Joseph Astruc was a 14th century Jewish scholar in Montpellier. He was appalled at the willingness of many Jewish scholars to explain the Torah rationally. In his Sefer HaYareach Astruc emphasized traditional rabbinic beliefs. He initiated the third attack against Maimonides' Guide For the Perplexed. In 1306, the Jews (including Astruc) were expelled from France. 4. Abraham bar Chiyya - Philosopher, Astronomer, Mathematician, Surveyer, Interpreter, and Astrologer      More Info Abraham bar Chiyya, 12th century in Barcelona, was a philosopher, astronomer, mathematician, surveyor, astrologer, and interpreter. He served as a court functionary and was also given authority within the Jewish community. He was interested in how the world was created, and in figuring out when the end of time would take place. His book on the subject, Megillat Ha-Megalleh, was the first eschato... 5. Abraham Ben David of Posquieres - Great 12th Century Legalist Of Provence      More Info Abraham ben David of Posquieres (known as RaBaD) was the talmudic authority in Provence at the end of the 12th century. RaBaD studied both Talmud and the philosophic/scientific learning coming out of Spanish Jewry. He opened a yeshivah in Posquieres. 6. Abraham ben Isaac - Legalist Bridge between Spanish and French Jewry      More Info Abraham ben Isaac of Narbonne lived during the middle of the 12th century. He was the leading legalist and spiritual leader of Provence. He also spent some time in Barcelona, where he became familiar with Sefer Ha-Ittim. In Provence he was the head of Narbonne's Jewish court. Benjamin MiTudelo described him as head of his yeshiva. He wrote a commentary on the entire Talmud. He answered many hala... 7. Abraham Ibn Daud - Jewish Historian and Philosopher      More Info Abraham Ibn Daud was born in Cordoba in the 12th century. He studied rabbinics, Bible, Hebrew poetry, and Greek and Jewish philosophy, New Testament, Koran. When the Almohads attacked, he fled to Castile, where he settled in Toledo. He is best known for writing Sefer haKabbalah, a history of Jewish tradition, against Karaite teaching. He believed that Scripture fulfilled itself only within Rabb... 8. Alfasi - Great Legalist and Writer of Sefer Ha-Halachot      More Info Isaac ben Jacob Alfasi, known as the Rif, lived from 1013-1103. He was born in Algeria, but spent his adult life in Fez, Egypt (hence his surname Alfasi). Alfasi brought the geonic period to a close. The last of the Babylonian geonim, Hai Gaon, died when Alfasi was 25 years old. Alfasi himself was called "gaon" by several early halachic authorities. In his 75th year he was denounced t... 9. Amram ben Sheshna: Gaon and Writer (Maybe) of the First Prayerbook      More Info This page of "Gates to Jewish heritage" tells about Amram Ben Sheshna who was gaon of Sura in the middle of the 9th century CE. More than 200 of Amram's responsa are extant. Some have been discovered in the Cairo Genizah. 10. Arba'ah Turim ("The Four Rows")      More Info This page has an image map of Rabbi Jacob ben Asher's Arba'ah Turim (Tur). You can click on any section for an explanation He followed Maimonides' precedent in arranging his work in a topical order. However, unlike Maimonides' Mishneh Torah, the Arba'ah Turim covers only those areas of Jewish religious law that were in force in the author's time. The code is divided into four main topics, each o... 11. Asher ben Yechiel - Great Legalist and Bridge Between Germany and Spain      More Info Rabbi Asher ben Yechiel, 13th century, survived the Rindfleisch massacres and left Germany to Spain, where he was pulled into the Maimonidean Controversy. He feared that philosophy would turn students away from Torah, yet feared a schism, so he supported a compromise. He was the rabbi of Toledo. He introduced the French/German discipline of Talmud study to Spain, thus became a personal bridge betw... 12. Astronomy in Sefarad      More Info Yuval Ne'eman sees Western culture as the outcome of two independent intellectual progressions: Greek philosophy and science, centered on a rational understanding of the world, and Hebrew ethics. Then he tells how science got to Spain, and specifies The Jewish astronomers in Spain and Provence. He believes that this interest in a rational understanding of the world - while the quest for justice an... 13. Bibliography on Tractate Rosh ha-Shana      More Info A Hebrew- English bibliography for Tractate Rosh ha-Shana. 14. Biographies of Gedolim      More Info A collection of biographies of Gedolim (great Rabbis of our nation, and respected person) as published in Yated Neeman, including links to biographies on Deiah V'Dibur and Jewish Observer. 15. Chanoch ben Moses - Talmud Scholar and Chief Rabbi of Spain      More Info Chanoch ben Moses, according to Abraham ibn Daud's Sefer HaKabbalah, was one of the sages who was captured by pirates and sent to Spain along with his father, the great Rabbi Moses ben Chanoch. Chief rabbi of Cordoba, chief rabbi of all of Muslim Spain. He succeeded in making Spanish Jewry independent of the Babylonian geonim. 1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 |7 |8 |9 | Next Looking for more resources on this topic? 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