From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Astruc ha-Levi

Spanish Jewish Talmudic scholar

Astruc ha-Levi of Daroca (lived in Spain at the end of the fourteenth and at the beginning of the fifteenth century) was a Spanish Jewish Talmudic scholar and member of the Astruc family.

He was a delegate to the famous disputation of Tortosa, in 1413, under the presidency of Pope Benedict XIII, at which he displayed energy and breadth of mind. Attacks having been made on the Talmud, based on some extravagant haggadic sentences, Astruc handed to the assembly a written declaration, in which he denied any authority to the Haggadah, and utterly renounced it.

On another occasion, Astruc dared the anger of the pope. Having pointed out the improbability of the haggadic legend that the Messiah was born on the day of the destruction of the Temple and was now in paradise, Astruc said: "Lord and Pope, you believe so many improbabilities about your Messiah, let us believe this single one regarding ours."

References

Ibn Verga, Shebet Yehudah, ed. Wiener, Hebrew text, pp. 68, 74, 76, 77
Kobak's Jeschurun, vi. 45 et seq

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

15th-century-aragonese-jews 14th-century-aragonese-jews

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Astruc ha-Levi — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report