Moses ibn Tibbon
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Moses ibn Tibbon was a 13th-century Provençal Jewish physician and translator renowned for rendering major Arabic philosophical and scientific works, including those of Maimonides, into Hebrew.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Moses ibn Tibbon canonical | 1 |
| Rabbi Moses ibn Tibbon | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16080844 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Moses ibn Tibbon Context triple: [Ibn Tibbon family, hasPart, Moses ibn Tibbon]
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Samuel ibn Tibbon
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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Judah ibn Tibbon
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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C.
Ibn al-Bayṭār
Ibn al-Bayṭār was a 13th-century Andalusian Arab botanist, pharmacist, and physician renowned for his comprehensive works on medicinal plants and pharmacology.
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D.
Abraham Abulafia
Abraham Abulafia was a 13th-century Spanish Jewish mystic and philosopher who founded an influential ecstatic school of Kabbalah focused on meditation, letter permutations, and prophetic experience.
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E.
Samuel ha-Levi Abulafia
Samuel ha-Levi Abulafia was a prominent 14th-century Jewish financier and royal treasurer in the court of King Peter of Castile, known for his influential role in Toledo’s Jewish community.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Moses ibn Tibbon Target entity description: Moses ibn Tibbon was a 13th-century Provençal Jewish physician and translator renowned for rendering major Arabic philosophical and scientific works, including those of Maimonides, into Hebrew.
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A.
Samuel ibn Tibbon
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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B.
Judah ibn Tibbon
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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C.
Ibn al-Bayṭār
Ibn al-Bayṭār was a 13th-century Andalusian Arab botanist, pharmacist, and physician renowned for his comprehensive works on medicinal plants and pharmacology.
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D.
Abraham Abulafia
Abraham Abulafia was a 13th-century Spanish Jewish mystic and philosopher who founded an influential ecstatic school of Kabbalah focused on meditation, letter permutations, and prophetic experience.
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E.
Samuel ha-Levi Abulafia
Samuel ha-Levi Abulafia was a prominent 14th-century Jewish financier and royal treasurer in the court of King Peter of Castile, known for his influential role in Toledo’s Jewish community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Rabbi Moses ibn Tibbon