Moses ben Samuel ibn Tibbon: Quick Facts

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Flourished	1240 - 1283 • Marseille • France

Samuel ben Judah ibn Tibbon

Jewish physician and translator

Joseph Kimhi

European grammarian

Judah ben Solomon Harizi

Spanish-Jewish poet

Judah ben Saul ibn Tibbon

Jewish physician and translator

Abraham bar Hiyya

Spanish-Jewish philosopher and scientist

Martin Buber

German religious philosopher

Michael Scot

Scottish scholar

Jacob ben Machir ibn Tibbon

Jewish astronomer, physician, and translator

Saʿadia ben Joseph

Jewish exegete and philosopher

Rashi

French religious scholar

Haim Naḥman Bialik

Russian-Jewish writer

Ibn Janāḥ

Spanish-Jewish grammarian

Aquila

ancient biblical scholar

Gabriel Preil

American poet

Franz Rosenzweig

German philosopher

Adolf Jellinek

European Jewish rabbi and scholar

Amram bar Sheshna

Jewish scholar

Naḥmanides

Spanish scholar and rabbi

David, Baron Günzburg

Russian Hebraist and community leader

Hillel ben Samuel

Jewish physician and scholar