Samuel ibn Tibbon

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Samuel ibn Tibbon was a medieval Jewish philosopher and translator best known for rendering Maimonides’ works, especially the Guide for the Perplexed, from Arabic into Hebrew, thereby shaping Jewish intellectual history.

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Samuel ibn Tibbon canonical 7
Judah ibn Tibbon 1
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instanceOf Jewish intellectual ⓘ
commentator ⓘ
medieval Jewish philosopher ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
translator ⓘ
activeInCentury 12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
citizenship Kingdom of France ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 1150s ⓘ
dateOfDeath circa 1230 ⓘ
era High Middle Ages ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish people ⓘ
familyName ibn Tibbon ⓘ
linked to: Samuel ibn Tibbon
father Judah ibn Tibbon ⓘ
fieldOfWork Jewish philosophy ⓘ
biblical exegesis ⓘ
translation studies ⓘ
givenName Samuel ⓘ
influenced Jewish philosophy ⓘ
Provençal Jewish scholars ⓘ
influencedBy Arabic philosophy ⓘ
Aristotle ⓘ
Moses Maimonides ⓘ
linked to: Maimonides
knownFor correspondence with Maimonides ⓘ
developing a Hebrew philosophical terminology based on Arabic sources ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
memberOf Ibn Tibbon family ⓘ
movement medieval rationalist Judaism ⓘ
name Samuel ibn Tibbon ⓘ
notableFor Hebrew translation of Maimonides’ Guide for the Perplexed ⓘ
influencing medieval Jewish philosophy ⓘ
translating Maimonides’ works from Arabic into Hebrew ⓘ
notableWork Hebrew translation of Guide for the Perplexed ⓘ
occupation philosopher ⓘ
translator ⓘ
placeOfBirth France ⓘ
Lunel ⓘ
Provence ⓘ
relative Judah ibn Tibbon ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Lunel ⓘ
Marseilles ⓘ
linked to: Marseille

Provence ⓘ
translatedFromLanguage Arabic ⓘ
translatedToLanguage Hebrew ⓘ
translatedWorkOf Moses Maimonides ⓘ
linked to: Maimonides
wroteCommentaryOn Ecclesiastes ⓘ

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Kitāb al-Amānāt wa-l-Iʿtiqādāt → notableTranslator → Judah ibn Tibbon ⓘ
linked to: Samuel ibn Tibbon
Samuel ibn Tibbon → name → Samuel ibn Tibbon ⓘ
Samuel ibn Tibbon → familyName → ibn Tibbon ⓘ
linked to: Samuel ibn Tibbon
Ibn Tibbon family → hasPart → Samuel ibn Tibbon ⓘ
Moses ibn Tibbon → father → Samuel ibn Tibbon ⓘ
subject linked to: Ibn Tibbon family
Provençal Jewish scholars → notableMember → Rabbi Samuel ibn Tibbon ⓘ
linked to: Samuel ibn Tibbon
Judah ibn Tibbon → notableFamilyMember → Samuel ibn Tibbon ⓘ
Judah ibn Tibbon → child → Samuel ibn Tibbon ⓘ
Judah ibn Tibbon → influenced → Samuel ibn Tibbon ⓘ