Moses ben Samuel ibn Tibbon

Jewish physician and translator
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Flourished:
1240–83, Marseille, France
Flourished:
1240 - 1283
Marseille
France

Moses ben Samuel ibn Tibbon (flourished 1240–83, Marseille, France) was a Jewish physician like his father, Samuel ben Judah ibn Tibbon, and his paternal grandfather, Judah ben Saul ibn Tibbon, and an important translator of Arabic-language works into Hebrew. His translations served to disseminate Greek and Arab culture throughout Europe. Besides original works, which included commentaries with an allegorical bias on the Pentateuch, the Song of Songs, and Haggadic passages (those not dealing with Jewish law) in the Talmud, he also translated Arabic-language works by Jews and Arabs dealing with philosophy, mathematics, astronomy, and medicine. Following the family tradition, he ...(100 of 207 words)