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His book on the subject, Megillat Ha-Megalleh, was the first eschato... 2. 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... 3. 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... 4. 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... 5. 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... 6. 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... 7. 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... 8. Bachya ibn Paquda- Jewish Moralist      More Info A short biography of Bachya ibn Paquda (11 Century, Spain). 9. Benjamin MiTudelo - Jewish Traveler and Historian      More Info A short summary of Benjamin MiTudelo`s (12th Century) travels and works. 10. 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. 11. Chapters On Jewish Literature      More Info The full text version of the book "Chapters On Jewish Literature" by Israel Abrahams.These twenty-five short chapters on Jewish Literature open with the fall of Jerusalem in the year 70 of the current era, and end with the death of Moses Mendelssohn in 1786. They include Jewish poetry,midrash, mysticism,Karaitic Literature, Ethical Literature, Historians and Chroniclers etc. etc. 12. Chasdai Crescas - Diplomat, Scholar, and Philsopher      More Info Chasdai Crescas, a merchant in Barcelona, was arrested in 1367 on accusations of desecrating the Communion Host, but released. He lost a son in the riots of 1391, then he helped Jewish communities and argued against the horrors of the Church. Crescas wrote poetry, and a "Refutation of the Principles of the Christians" in Catalan. He wrote philosophical refutation of Maimonides' Aristote... 13. Collection of various works by Maimonides      More Info This site depicts a manuscript which is a collection from various works by Maimonides (Rambam) (14th century) deposited at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Contains: Moreh nevukhim. Translation of Samuel Ibn Tibbon. Perush ha-millim ha-zarot by Samuel Ibn Tibbon. Millot ha-higgayon. Translation of Moses Ibn Tibbon. Perush Perek helek. Translation attributed to Judah Alharizi or Samuel Ibn Tibbo... 14. David Hayyuj - Solver of the Great Hebrew Root Mystery      More Info This page tells about Judah ben David Hayyuj who was apparently born in Fez in the mid-tenth century, and arrived in Cordoba in 960 CE at the time of the famous dispute between Menachem ben Jacob ibn Saruk and Dunash ben Labrat. Hayyuj sided with Menachem ben Jacob. He and Isaac ibn Kapron and Isaac ibn Gikatilla wrote a responsum against Dunash. It was his only work in Hebrew. Hayyuj Wrote in Ar... 15. Disputations      More Info This page is dedicated the Disputations - Public debates on religious subjects between Jews and non-Jews, from the ancient ages to the 18th cent. Frankists disputation. 1 |2 |3 |4 |5 |6 | Next Looking for more resources on this topic? 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