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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/8561| Title: | Abraham ben David of Posquieres |
| Authors: | Kanarfogel, Ephraim 0000-0002-7539-7802 |
| Keywords: | Rabbi Abraham ben David of Posquieres |
| Issue Date: | 2000 |
| Publisher: | Chicago: Gitzroy Dearborn Publishers |
| Citation: | Kanarfogel, E. (2000). Abraham ben David of Posquieres. In Michael Terry (ed.), "Reader's Guide to Judaism" (pp. 1-2). Chicago: Gitzroy Dearborn Publishers. |
| Abstract: | Rabbi Abraham ben David of Posquieres (known as Rabad) was one of the most important and prolific rabbinic figures in southern France during the second half of the 12th century. Born in Narbonne, he founded and supported an academy in Posquieres using his personal wealth. A son-in-law and student of Abraham hen Isaac Av Beit Din of Narbonne and a srudent of Moses ben Joseph and Meshullam of Lune!, Rabad was held in the highest esteem by later rabbinic luminaries such as Nahmanides, Solomon ibn Adret (Rashba), and David ibn Abi Zimra (Radbaz). |
| Description: | Scholarly article |
| URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/8561 |
| ISBN: | 1579581390 |
| Appears in Collections: | Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies (BRGS): Faculty Publications |
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