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Alfasi, Isaac ben Joseph
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
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Descendant of a Spanish family; flourished in Adrianople in the sixteenth century. He translated Ghazzali's work, "Mishkat al-Anwar," into Hebrew, under the title, "Maskit ha-Orot u Pardes ha-Niẓẓanim" (The Chamber of Light and the Garden of Flowers). This work is still extant in manuscript in the Bodleian Library.
Bibliography:
- Dukes, Oẓar Neḥmad, 2:195;
- Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, p. 593;
- Steinschneider, Hebr. Uebers. p. 345;
- idem, Hebr. Bibl. 21:75;
- Kaufmann, Die Spuren Al-Baṭlajusi's in der Jüdischen Religionsphilosophie, 1880, p. 22.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Alfasi, Isaac ben Joseph'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/a/alfasi-isaac-ben-joseph.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Alfasi, Isaac ben Joseph'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/a/alfasi-isaac-ben-joseph.html. 1901.
