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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Judah ibn Tibbon canonical | 5 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Andalusian Jew
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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 |
Jews
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surface form:
Jewish people
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| familyName | ibn Tibbon ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Jewish philosophy
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Jewish religious literature ⓘ translation studies ⓘ |
| genre | ethical will ⓘ |
| givenName |
Yehuda
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surface form:
Judah
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| influenced |
Samuel ibn Tibbon
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later medieval Hebrew philosophers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Islamic Spain
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surface form:
Andalusian Jewish culture
Arabic Jewish philosophical tradition ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding the Ibn Tibbon family of translators
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pioneering translations of Arabic Jewish works into Hebrew ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Arabic
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| memberOf | Ibn Tibbon family ⓘ |
| movedTo | Lunel ⓘ |
| name | Judah ibn Tibbon self-link ⓘ |
| notableFamilyMember | Samuel ibn Tibbon ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Hebrew translation of Bahya ibn Paquda's "Duties of the Heart"
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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
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translator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Granada ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Provence ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Languedoc
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Provence ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence |
Lunel
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Provence ⓘ |
| translatedFromLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| translatedIntoLanguage | Hebrew ⓘ |
| translationApproach | tended toward literal translation from Arabic to Hebrew ⓘ |
| wrote | ethical will to his son Samuel ibn Tibbon ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Samuel ibn Tibbon