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Isaac ibn Latif

Jewish philosopher

Jewish philosopher

Isaac ibn Latif (c. 1210-1280) was a Jewish philosopher, who lived most of his life in Toledo. In 1238 he published his first work, a treatise named sha'ar ha-shama'yim ("heaven's gate"), a commentary on Koheles (Ecclesiastes).

Other works

Other works by ibn Latif include{{cite web

  • Iggeret ha-Teshuvah and
  • Tsurat ha-Olam{{cite web

The earliest printing of his Sefer Rov Po'a'lim{{cite web

Family

His father's name was Abraham (אברהם) ; he had a son named Moses (משה).{{cite web

References

  • Shoey Raz: Latif, Isaac b. Abraham ibn. In: Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2. edition, Vol. 12, Detroit 2007, pp. 506–507 (online)
  • Dan Cohn-Sherbok: Medieval Jewish Philosophy. Routledge 1996, , pp. 117–119 ()
  • Harvey J. Hames: The Art of Conversion: Christianity and Kabbalah in the Thirteenth Century. Brill 2000, , pp. 56–57 ()

References

  1. p.98/4:4, p. 104/4:13, p.108/5:1
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