Rabbi Abraham ben David

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Jewish mystic Rishon Talmudist halakhic authority medieval Jewish scholar rabbi

Rabbi Abraham ben David, also known as the Ravad of Posquières, was a prominent 12th-century Provençal Talmudist and halakhic authority best known for his critical glosses on Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah and his influential contributions to medieval Jewish scholarship and mysticism.

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Label Occurrences
Rabbi Abraham ben David canonical 2
Rabbi Abraham ben David of Posquières 2
Abraham ben David III 1

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instanceOf Jewish mystic ⓘ
Rishon ⓘ
Talmudist ⓘ
halakhic authority ⓘ
medieval Jewish scholar ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Abraham ben David of Posquières NERFINISHED ⓘ
Raavad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ravad III NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ravad of Posquières NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthName Abraham ben David NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Posquières NERFINISHED ⓘ
commentaryOn Mishneh Torah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Talmud NERFINISHED ⓘ
commentaryStyle critical glosses ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 1120 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1198 ⓘ
era 12th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jews ⓘ
surface form: Jewish people
father David ben Isaac of Narbonne NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork Halakha ⓘ
Jewish mysticism ⓘ
Kabbalah (early forms) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Talmud NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre Talmudic commentary ⓘ
halakhic commentary ⓘ
mystical writings ⓘ
influenced Provençal Kabbalists NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rabbi Isaac the Blind NERFINISHED ⓘ
commentators on Mishneh Torah ⓘ
later halakhic authorities ⓘ
influencedBy Geonic literature ⓘ
Rabbi Abraham ben Isaac of Narbonne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Talmud Bavli NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor critical method in halakhic commentary ⓘ
glosses on Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah ⓘ
influence on Provençal Kabbalah ⓘ
languageOfWork Aramaic ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
movement Provençal Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Hasagot ha-Ravad on Mishneh Torah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sefer Ba‘alei ha-Nefesh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sefer ha-Qabbalah (attributed in some traditions) NERFINISHED ⓘ
critical glosses on Mishneh Torah ⓘ
placeOfBirth Narbonne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Provence NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Posquières NERFINISHED ⓘ
Provence NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld community leader in Posquières ⓘ
head of yeshiva in Posquières ⓘ
region Occitania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Provence NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Posquières NERFINISHED ⓘ
Provence NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse daughter of Rabbi Abraham ben Isaac of Narbonne ⓘ
student Rabbi Isaac the Blind NERFINISHED ⓘ
tradition Ashkenazi-Sephardi Provençal synthesis ⓘ

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Ravad version → editor → Rabbi Abraham ben David ⓘ
subject surface form: Ravad version of Sefer Yetzirah
Ravad version → associatedWith → Rabbi Abraham ben David ⓘ
subject surface form: Ravad version of Sefer Yetzirah
this entity surface form: Rabbi Abraham ben David of Posquières
Ravad version → hasKeyFigure → Rabbi Abraham ben David ⓘ
subject surface form: Ravad version of Sefer Yetzirah
Raavad (Abraham ben David of Posquières) → name → Rabbi Abraham ben David ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abraham ben David of Posquières
Raavad (Abraham ben David of Posquières) → name → Rabbi Abraham ben David ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abraham ben David III
Provençal Jewish scholars → notableMember → Rabbi Abraham ben David ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rabbi Abraham ben David of Posquières
Provençal Jewish scholars → notableMember → Rabbi Abraham ben David ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rabbi Abraham ben David III (RABaD)