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Crescas, Hasdai, 1340-1410.
Or Adonai [Light of the Lord]
Ferrera: Avraham Usque, 1555.
Crescas, an important philosopher and statesman, was very active in defending and representing the Jewish community to the King of Aragon. He lived in Barcelona and Saragossa. His book Or Adonai, completed in 1410, is a criticism of Guide to the Perplexed by Moses Maimonides.
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Aristotle, 4th century B.C.E.
Kol Melekhet Higayon le-Aristotalo [Work of Logic by Aristotle]
Riva di Trento: [s.n.], 1560.
Commentary on the book of Psalms.
Hebrew translation of one of Aristotle’s treatises on logic, as abridged by the well-known Arab philosopher Averroes (Ibn Rushd, 1126-1198). Beginning in the ninth century, Aristotle’s works were translated from Greek into Arabic, and later from Arabic into Hebrew.
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 | Jedaiah ben Abraham Bedersi, ca.1270-ca.1340
Behinot Olam [Examinations of the World
Igeret shamayim la-rom ha-nikret Behinot olam.
Lublin: Tsevi B.R. Avraham Kalonimos Yafeh, 1614.
An ethical-poetic work, discussing the futility of worldly materialism and the benefits of religious and intellectual pursuits. With commentaries by Rabbi Moses Ibn Habib (1445-1515) and Rabbi Joseph Frances.
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 | Aristotle, 4th century B.C.E.
Sefer ha-Tapuah (Liber de Pomo) [The Book of the Apple]
Pressburg: [s.n.], 1865.
Hebrew translation of a text attributed to Aristotle. Aristotle was so admired by Jews that they found it hard to believe that he was not Jewish. As a result, legends about him began to proliferate. One of those legends claimed that all Greek philosophers were influenced by Jewish thought. The Liber de Pomo was seen as proof that in his old age Aristotle changed his ideas and converted to Judaism.
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