Abraham ibn Daud

Abraham ibn Daud
אַבְרָהָם בֶּן־דָּוִד הַלֵּוִי אִבְּן דָּאוּד
Bornc. 1110
Córdoba, Spain
Diedc. 1180
Toledo, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Other namesRabad I, Ravad I
Occupation(s)Philosopher, Historian, Astronomer
Notable workSefer ha-Qabbalah, al-ʿaqida l-Rafiya
EraMedieval philosophy
RegionJewish philosophy
SchoolAristotelianism
Main interests
Jewish law, Ethics, Theology
Notable ideas
Integration of Aristotelian philosophy with Jewish thought

Abraham ibn Daud (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם בֶּן־דָּוִד הַלֵּוִי אִבְּן דָּאוּד, romanizedʾAvrāhām ben-Dāvīd halLēvī ʾībən Dāʾūd; Arabic: ابراهيم بن داود, romanizedʾIbrāhīm ibn Daʾūd) was a Spanish-Jewish astronomer, historian and philosopher; born in Córdoba, Spain about 1110; who was said to have died in Toledo, Spain, a martyr about 1180. He is sometimes known by the abbreviation Rabad I or Ravad I. His maternal grandfather was Isaac Albalia. Some scholars believe he was the Arabic-into-Latin translator known as Avendauth.[1]

  1. ^ Gad Freudenthal (2016). "Abraham Ibn Daud, Avendauth, Dominicus Gundissalinus and Practical Mathematics in Mid-Twelfth Century Toledo". Aleph. 16 (1): 61. doi:10.2979/aleph.16.1.61.

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