Biography:Isaac ibn Latif

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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). [1] Artscroll's Koheles cites from his work.[2]

Other works

Other works by ibn Latif include[3]

  • Iggeret ha-Teshuvah and
  • Tsurat ha-Olam[4] (published 1260;[5] printed 1860 in Vienna).[6]

The earliest printing of his Sefer Rov Po'a'lim[7] ספר פעלים,[8] was in 1885.

Family

His father's name was Abraham (אברהם) ; he had a son named Moses (משה).[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Latif, Isaac b. Abraham ibn". http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0012_0_11920.html. 
  2. ↑ p.98/4:4, p. 104/4:13, p.108/5:1
  3. ↑ "ALLATIF, ISAAC BEN ABRAHAM IBN LATIF". http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/1254-allatif-isaac-ben-abraham-ibn-latif. 
  4. ↑ "Tsurat ha-olam - Isaac ben Abraham Ibn Latif". 1860. https://books.google.com/books?id=h04wAAAAYAAJ. 
  5. ↑ "Latif, Isaac ben Abraham ibn approximately 1220". http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr2004036118. 
  6. ↑ "Manuscript – Tzurat HaOlam by Rabbi Yitzchak Ibn Latif and an Unidentified Work on the Torah – Beginning of 15th Century". https://www.kedem-auctions.com/product/manuscript-%E2%80%93-tzurat-haolam-by-rabbi-yitzchak-ibn-latif-and-an-unidentified-work-on-the-torah-%E2%80%93-beginning-of-15th-century. 
  7. ↑ "Sefer Rov Poalim (Hebrew Edition): Yitzhak Ibn Latif". https://www.amazon.com/Sefer-Poalim-Hebrew-Rabbi-Yitzhak/dp/B00166SHM0. 
  8. ↑ "ספר פעלים". 1885. https://books.google.com/books?id=M4ILAQAAIAAJ. 
  9. ↑ "Moses ben Isaac Ibn Latif". http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Ibn%20Latif%2C%20Moses%20ben%20Isaac. 
  • 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, ISBN:0-7007-0414-0, pp. 117–119 (online copy , p. 117, at Google Books)
  • Harvey J. Hames: The Art of Conversion: Christianity and Kabbalah in the Thirteenth Century. Brill 2000, ISBN:90-04-11715-6, pp. 56–57 (online copy , p. 56, at Google Books)



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