Sa'd ibn Mansur (Izz Al-dawla) Ibn Kammuna (Arabic: إبن كمونة سعد إبن منصور, 1215—1284, was a 13th-century Jewish physician and philosopher. His main works include a comparative treatise of the three Abrahamic religions, which includes a well informed critical evaluation of Islam, as well as a commentaries on Ibn Sina and as-Suhrawardi.
Sa'd ibn Mansur (Izz Al-dawla) IbnKammuna (Arabic: إبن كمونة سعد إبن منصور, 1215—1284, was a 13th-century Jewish physician and philosopher. His main...
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;...
Islamic and Arab sciences. Influenced by Aristotle, Al-Farabi, Ibn Sina, and his contemporary Ibn Rushd, he became a prominent philosopher and polymath in both...
Abraham ben Meir Ibn Ezra (Hebrew: ר׳ אַבְרָהָם בֶּן מֵאִיר אִבְּן עֶזְרָא ʾAḇrāhām ben Mēʾīr ʾībən ʾĒzrāʾ, often abbreviated as ראב"ע; Arabic: إبراهيم...
does not have a monopoly on truth. In 1280 CE, the Jewish philosopher IbnKammuna criticized Islam in his book Examination of the Three Faiths. During...
Solomon ibn Gabirol or Solomon ben Judah (Hebrew: ר׳ שְׁלֹמֹה בֶּן יְהוּדָה אִבְּן גָּבִּירוֹל, romanized: Shlomo Ben Yehuda ibn Gabirol, pronounced [ʃ(e)loˈmo...
Catalan original is no longer extant; but a Hebrew translation by Joseph ibn Shem-Tov, with the title ("Refutation of the Cardinal Principles of the Christians")...
Natan'el al-Fayyumi Mansur ibn Sulayman al-Ghamari Other: Isaac Israeli Saadia Gaon al-Mukkamas Hibat Allah Abu'l-Barakat IbnKammuna Positions: Maimonidean /...
Bahya ben Joseph ibn Paquda (also: Pakuda, Bakuda, Hebrew: בחיי אבן פקודה, Arabic: بهية بن فاقودا), c. 1050–1120, was a Jewish philosopher and rabbi...
Jewish philosophy. Abarbanel is quoted as saying that he counted Joseph ibn Shem-Tov as his mentor. At 20 years old, he wrote on the original form of...
formative stages. Early criticism came from Jewish authors, such as IbnKammuna, and Christian authors, many of whom viewed Islam as a Christian heresy...
Another neoclassical Jewish proponent of self-limited omniscience was Abraham ibn Daud. "Whereas the earlier Jewish philosophers extended the omniscience of...
Drechsler, bar Ḥiyya was a pupil of Moshe haDarshan and teacher of Abraham ibn Ezra. He was held in high consideration by the ruler he served on account...
reconciling them". Fez Abraham ibn Ezra Isaac ibn Ghiyyat Moses ibn Ezra Yehuda Alharizi Joseph ibn Tzaddik Samuel ibn Tibbon Location of Fostat in modern...
work after Moses Ibn Ezra for a competition, sparking recognition for Halevi’s aptitude as a poet as well as a close friendship with Ibn Ezra. As an adult...
Natan'el al-Fayyumi Mansur ibn Sulayman al-Ghamari Other: Isaac Israeli Saadia Gaon al-Mukkamas Hibat Allah Abu'l-Barakat IbnKammuna Positions: Maimonidean /...
Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra, particularly regarding ibn Ezra's negative attitude towards Kabbalah. Nevertheless, he had tremendous respect for ibn Ezra, as is...
Jewish scholars, including Nahmanides, Isaac Abarbanel, Abraham ibn Ezra, Bahya ibn Paquda, the Vilna Gaon, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Moshe Chaim...
that God does not know the choices that an individual will make. Abraham ibn Daud believed that God was not omniscient or omnipotent with respect to human...
derived from the Hispanic Jewish community, especially the works of Solomon ibn Gabirol and Maimonides. A disciple of these renowned Jewish scholars, Abravanel...
Natan'el al-Fayyumi Mansur ibn Sulayman al-Ghamari Other: Isaac Israeli Saadia Gaon al-Mukkamas Hibat Allah Abu'l-Barakat IbnKammuna Positions: Maimonidean /...
Natan'el al-Fayyumi Mansur ibn Sulayman al-Ghamari Other: Isaac Israeli Saadia Gaon al-Mukkamas Hibat Allah Abu'l-Barakat IbnKammuna Positions: Maimonidean /...
Natan'el al-Fayyumi Mansur ibn Sulayman al-Ghamari Other: Isaac Israeli Saadia Gaon al-Mukkamas Hibat Allah Abu'l-Barakat IbnKammuna Positions: Maimonidean /...
ha-Nazir in Hebrew), a Jewish mutakallim or theologian mentioned also by ibn Ḥazm. In 926, Saadia settled permanently in Lower Mesopotamia, known to Jews...
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