Judah ibn Tibbon

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Judah ibn Tibbon was a 12th-century Jewish physician and pioneering translator in Provence, renowned for rendering major Arabic Jewish philosophical and religious works into Hebrew.

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Judah ibn Tibbon canonical 6

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instanceOf Andalusian Jew ⓘ
Provençal Jew ⓘ
medieval Jewish translator ⓘ
person ⓘ
physician ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 12th century ⓘ
child Samuel ibn Tibbon ⓘ
countryOfBirth Al-Andalus ⓘ
countryOfDeath Kingdom of France ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 1120 ⓘ
dateOfDeath circa 1190 ⓘ
describedAs "father of Hebrew translators" ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish people ⓘ
linked to: Jews
familyName ibn Tibbon ⓘ
fieldOfWork Jewish philosophy ⓘ
Jewish religious literature ⓘ
translation studies ⓘ
genre ethical will ⓘ
givenName Judah ⓘ
linked to: Yehuda
influenced Samuel ibn Tibbon ⓘ
later medieval Hebrew philosophers ⓘ
influencedBy Andalusian Jewish culture ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Spain

Arabic Jewish philosophical tradition ⓘ
knownFor founding the Ibn Tibbon family of translators ⓘ
pioneering translations of Arabic Jewish works into Hebrew ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
memberOf Ibn Tibbon family ⓘ
movedTo Lunel ⓘ
name Judah ibn Tibbon ⓘ
notableFamilyMember Samuel ibn Tibbon ⓘ
notableWork Hebrew translation of Bahya ibn Paquda's "Duties of the Heart" ⓘ
Hebrew translation of Judah ha-Levi's "Kuzari" ⓘ
Hebrew translation of Saadia Gaon's "Book of Beliefs and Opinions" ⓘ
Hebrew translation of Solomon ibn Gabirol's "Improvement of the Moral Qualities" ⓘ
occupation physician ⓘ
translator ⓘ
placeOfBirth Granada ⓘ
placeOfDeath Provence ⓘ
regionOfActivity Languedoc ⓘ
Provence ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Lunel ⓘ
Provence ⓘ
translatedFromLanguage Arabic ⓘ
translatedIntoLanguage Hebrew ⓘ
translationApproach tended toward literal translation from Arabic to Hebrew ⓘ
wrote ethical will to his son Samuel ibn Tibbon ⓘ

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Samuel ibn Tibbon → father → Judah ibn Tibbon ⓘ
Samuel ibn Tibbon → relative → Judah ibn Tibbon ⓘ
Ibn Tibbon family → hasPart → Judah ibn Tibbon ⓘ
Samuel ibn Tibbon → father → Judah ibn Tibbon ⓘ
subject linked to: Ibn Tibbon family
Judah ibn Tibbon → name → Judah ibn Tibbon ⓘ