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• Joseph ben Abraham — (Heb. Yosef ben Avraham ha Kohen, also known as Yusuf al Basir [ [http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/ip/rep/J052.htm Karaism ] ] ) was a Karaite philosopher and theologian who flourished in Babylonia or Persia in the first half of the eleventh… …   Wikipedia

• Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla — (1248 ndash; after 1305) ( he. יוסף בן אברהם ג יקטיליה, es. Chiquitilla, the little ) was a Spanish kabbalist, student of Abraham Abulafia. Biography Born at Medinaceli, Old Castile, Gikatilla was for some time a pupil of the kabbalist Abraham… …   Wikipedia

• ẒAYYAḤ (Ẓiyyaḥ), JOSEPH BEN ABRAHAM IBN — (16th century), rabbi and kabbalist. Ẓayyaḥ was apparently born in jerusalem . There he completed his Even ha Shoham in 1538. From Jerusalem he went to damascus to serve as rabbi of the Mostarabian (the native Jewish) community but paid frequent… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• GIKATILLA (Chiquatilla), JOSEPH BEN ABRAHAM — (1248–c. 1325), Spanish kabbalist whose works exerted a profound and permanent influence on kabbalism. Gikatilla, who was born in Medinaceli, Castile, lived for many years in Segovia. Between 1272 and 1274 he studied under abraham abulafia , who… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• ḤAYYUN, JOSEPH BEN ABRAHAM — (d. 1497), last rabbi of the Jewish community of Lisbon before the expulsion. Among his distinguished disciples were Abraham b. Nissim Ḥayyun and joseph jabez . While Ḥayyun was still in Lisbon, isaac abrabanel consulted him on various halakhic… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• CASE (Casa), JOSEPH BEN ABRAHAM — (d. before 1612), Polish rabbi. It is surmised by some that Joseph lived for a time in Italy, the name Case being very similar to the Italian family name cases . He is also known by the surname Shapiro. Case apparently served as rabbi of Lemberg… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• LEWINSTEIN, JOSEPH BEN ABRAHAM ABUSH — (b. 1840), Polish rabbi. Born in Lublin, Lewinstein was rabbi in Chorzele from 1860 to 1868, in Zaklikow from 1868 to 1878, and from 1878 in Serock. He engaged in genealogical and biographical studies and published many articles in this field in… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• BAṢĪR, JOSEPH BEN ABRAHAM HA-KOHEN HARO'EH AL- — (Yūsuf al Basir; first half of 11th century), Karaite halakhist and philosopher, who originated from Iraq or Persia. Because he was blind he was euphemistically called al Basīr Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb ha Ro eh ( the Seeing ). Many Karaite authors… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• IBN WAQAR, JOSEPH BEN ABRAHAM — (14th century), Spanish philosopher and kabbalist. Ibn Waqar, a member of a distinguished family, lived in Toledo. He expounded his kabbalistic ideas in a poem titled Shir ha Yiḥud, which he himself annotated. His chief work is the Arabic… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Joseph ben Abraham ha-Cohen (Joseph abu Jacob; Abu Yakub al-Basir) — (fl. 11 th cent)    Babylonian or Persian Karaite scholar. He travelled widely, seeking converts to Karaism. Despite his blindness, he wrote religio legal and philosophical works …   Dictionary of Jewish Biography