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Ibn Shem-Ṭob, Isaac

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Philosophical commentator of the fifteenth century; younger brother of Joseph ibn Shem-Ṭob, and a follower of Maimonides. Isaac sided with his brother against their father, Shem-Ṭob ibn Shem-Ṭob, who, in his "Sefer ha-Emunot," had attacked Maimonides. Isaac's commentary on Maimonides' "Moreh" is known only through a quotation by Moses Alashkar ("Hassagot," p. 6, ed. Ferrara, 1556). According to Steinschneider, he is probably identical with the Isaac ibn Shem-Ṭob who wrote, at Aguilar do Campo in 1459, a commentary on Ghazali's "Metaphysics" (Paris MS. No. 906).

Bibliography:
  • Grätz, Gesch. 8:180;
  • Steinschneider, Hebr. Uebers. p. 320.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Ibn Shem-Ṭob, Isaac'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​i/ibn-shem-a1ob-isaac.html. 1901.
 
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