Judah ha-Levi

or Judah Ha·levi

[ hah-lee-vahy, -ley-vee ]

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Judah ben Samuel Halevi, 1085–1140, Spanish rabbi, physician, poet, and philosopher.

Judah ha-Levi

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Judah ha-Levi?10751141MJewishSpanishWRITING: poetPHILOSOPHY: philosopher ?1075–1141, Jewish poet and philosopher, born in Spain; his major works include the collection in Diwan and the prose work Sefer ha-Kuzari, which presented his philosophy of Judaism in dialogue form

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The man, however, who shares with Ibn Gabirol the first place in Jewish poetry is Judah Ha-levi, of Toledo, who died in Jerusalem about 1140.

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The first of them, Judah ibn Tibbōn, translated works of Baḥya ibn Paqūdah, Judah ha-levi, Seadiah, Abū’lwalīd and Ibn Gabirol, besides writing works of his own.

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Somewhat earlier in the 13th century lived Judah al-Ḥarīzī, who belongs in spirit to the time of Ibn Gabirol and Judah ha-levi.

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Judah Judah ha-Nasi

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