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Abraham ibn Ezra ראב"ע
An illustration of Ibn Ezra (center) making use of an astrolabe.
Born
c. 1089 - 1092
Tudela, Taifa of Zaragoza
Died
c. 1164 - 1167
Known for
writing commentaries, grammarian
Children
Isaac ben Ezra
Abraham ben Meir Ibn Ezra (Hebrew: ר׳ אַבְרָהָם בֶּן מֵאִיר אִבְּן עֶזְרָאʾAḇrāhām ben Mēʾīr ʾībən ʾĒzrāʾ, often abbreviated as ראב"ע; Arabic: إبراهيم المجيد ابن عزراIbrāhim al-Mājid ibn Ezra; also known as Abenezra or simply Ibn Ezra, 1089 / 1092 – 27 January 1164 / 23 January 1167)[1][2] was one of the most distinguished Jewish biblical commentators and philosophers of the Middle Ages. He was born in Tudela, Taifa of Zaragoza (present-day Navarre).
Abraham ben Meir IbnEzra (Hebrew: ר׳ אַבְרָהָם בֶּן מֵאִיר אִבְּן עֶזְרָא ʾAḇrāhām ben Mēʾīr ʾībən ʾĒzrāʾ, often abbreviated as ראב"ע; Arabic: إبراهيم...
Moses ben Jacob ibnEzra, known as Ha-Sallaḥ ("writer of penitential prayers") (Arabic: أَبُو هَارُون مُوسَى بِن يَعْقُوب اِبْن عَزْرَا, Abu Harun Musa...
"Rabbi ben Ezra" is a poem by Robert Browning about the famous Rabbi AbrahamibnEzra (1092–1167), one of the great Jewish poets and scholars of the 12th...
IbnEzra was the name of a prominent Jewish family from Spain spanning many centuries. The name ibnEzra may refer to: AbrahamibnEzra (1089–1167), Spanish...
of sight", Joseph b. Isaac Bekhor Shor translates it "god saw me", AbrahamIbnEzra, Bahya b. Asher, and Obadiah b. Jacob Sforno, "god who appears", David...
Toledo and may have practiced medicine for the court there. He and AbrahamibnEzra were well acquainted and the latter quoted Halevi on multiple occasions...
Dunash ben Labrat, Solomon ibn Gabirol, Judah ha-Levi, Moses ibnEzra and AbrahamibnEzra, in a "purified" Hebrew based on the work of these grammarians...
several passages from the Fons Vitæ in his own work, Aruggat ha-Bosem. AbrahamibnEzra, who cites Gabirol's philosophico-allegorical Bible interpretation...
Hasdai (Abu Yusuf ben Yitzhak ben Ezra) ibn Shaprut (Hebrew: חסדאי אבן שפרוט; Arabic: حسداي بن شبروط, Abu Yussuf ibn Shaprut) born about 915 at Jaén, Spain;...
mountain being called Sinai and the western side being called Horeb. AbrahamIbnEzra suggested that there was one mountain, "only it had two tops, which...
in Orthodox yeshivas. Some classical rabbinic commentators, such as AbrahamIbnEzra, Gersonides, and Maimonides, used many elements of contemporary biblical...
world of grammatical or philological investigation in the vein of AbrahamibnEzra or David Kimhi before him, instead focusing on a content-based investigation...
Drechsler, bar Ḥiyya was a pupil of Moshe haDarshan and teacher of AbrahamibnEzra. He was held in high consideration by the ruler he served on account...
honey-coloured stone with extreme brilliance. Spanish Jewish scholar AbrahamibnEzra says the yahalom was a white stone. Lešem (לֶשֶׁם = in the masoretic...
early and late Jewish scholars, including the Ramban, Isaac Abrabanel, AbrahamIbnEzra, Rabbeinu Bachya, the Vilna Gaon, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, the Ramchal...
century German Rabbi and Posek Abrahamibn Daud, (Sefer HaKabbalah), 12th century Spanish philosopher AbrahamibnEzra, (IbnEzra), 12th century Spanish-North...
Yellin and Israel Abrahams, Maimonides (1903) (full text of a biography) Y. Tzvi Langermann (2007). "Maimonides: Abū ʿImrān Mūsā [Moses] ibn ʿUbayd Allāh [Maymūn]...
3:73), the poet-philosopher who formed a link between Moses IbnEzra and AbrahamIbnEzra (above, p. 49). Speaking from the Andalusian poetic perspective...
calamities by naval battles and military expeditions for the same reason?" AbrahamibnEzra taught that a person can control his desires by training his heart...
Hasdai ben Abraham Crescas (Catalan: [həzˈðaj ˈβeɲ ʒuˈða ˈkɾeskəs]; Hebrew: חסדאי קרשקש; c. 1340 in Barcelona – 1410/11 in Zaragoza) was a Spanish-Jewish...
Songs, 2:2 (KJV)) Customarily it is translated as "rose". For example, AbrahamibnEzra described it as a white flower, which has a good fragrance, and has...
Langermann, "Some Astrological Themes in the Thought of AbrahamIbnEzra", in Rabbi AbrahamIbnEzra: Studies in the Writings of a Twelfth-Century Jewish...
very often. Other authorities quoted by him are Ibn Gabirol, Samuel ibn Naghrela, and AbrahamibnEzra. Isaac ben Samuel of Acre in his Me'irat 'Enayyim...
Academy of the Hebrew Language in 2009. Abraham bar Hiyya Ha-Nasi (1130) AbrahamibnEzra (1093–1168) Abraham Zacuto ben Samuel (1452 – probably 1515)...
Karaite by the name of Abu al-Surri ben Zuṭa, who is referred to by AbrahamibnEzra, in his commentary on Exodus 21:24 and Leviticus 23:15). In the year...
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