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Abraham ibn Ezra

Abraham ben Meir Ibn Ezra (Hebrew: ר׳ אַבְרָהָם בֶּן מֵאִיר אִבְּן עֶזְרָא‎ ʾAḇrāhām ben Mēʾīr ʾībən ʾĒzrāʾ, often abbreviated as ראב"ע‎; Arabic: إبراهيم المجيد ابن عزرا Ibrāhim al-Mājid ibn Ezra; also known as Abenezra or simply Ibn Ezra, 1089 / 1092 – 27 January 1164 / 23 January 1167)[1][2] was one of the most distinguished Jewish biblical commentators and philosophers of the Middle Ages. He was born in Tudela, Taifa of Zaragoza (present-day Navarre).

"Abenezra" redirects here. For the lunar crater, see Abenezra (crater).

Abraham ibn Ezra
ראב"ע‎

c. 1089 - 1092

Tudela, Taifa of Zaragoza

c. 1164 - 1167

writing commentaries, grammarian

Isaac ben Ezra

Sefer ha-Yashar ("Book of the Straight") The complete commentary on the Torah, which was finished shortly before his death.

Legacy[edit]

The crater Abenezra on the Moon was named in honor of Ibn Ezra.


Robert Browning's poem "Rabbi ben Ezra", beginning "Grow old along with me/The best is yet to be", is derived from a meditation on Ibn Ezra's life and work that appeared in Browning's 1864 poetry collection Dramatis Personæ.[18]

Burial[edit]

According to Jewish tradition, Abraham ibn Ezra was buried in Cabul, alongside Judah Halevi.[19]

Rabbinic literature

List of rabbis

Jewish views of astrology

Jewish commentaries on the Bible

Kabbalistic astrology

Astrology in Judaism

Hebrew astronomy

Islamic astrology

Abenezra (crater)

Carmi, T. (ed.), The Penguin book of Hebrew verse, Penguin Classics, 2006, London  978-0-14-042467-6

ISBN

Charlap, Luba. 2001. Another view of Rabbi Abraham Ibn-Ezra's contribution to medieval Hebrew grammar. Hebrew Studies 42:67-80.

Epstein, Meira, – An article by Meira Epstein, detailing all of ibn Ezra's extant astrological works

"Rabbi Avraham Ibn Ezra"

Glick, Thomas F.; Livesey, Steven John; and Wallis, Faith, , Routledge, 2005. ISBN 0-415-96930-1. Cf. pp. 247–250.

Medieval Science, Technology, and Medicine: An Encyclopedia

Goodman, Mordechai S. (Translator), The Sabbath Epistle of Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra,('iggeret hashabbat). Ktav Publishing House, Inc., New Jersey (2009).  978-1-60280-111-0

ISBN

Halbronn, Jacques, Le monde juif et l'astrologie, Ed Arché, Milan, 1985

Halbronn, Jacques, Le livre des fondements astrologiques, précédé du Commencement de la Sapience des Signes, Pref. G. Vajda, Paris, ed Retz 1977

Holden, James H., History of Horoscopic Astrology, , 2006. ISBN 0-86690-463-8. Cf. pp. 132–135.

American Federation of Astrologers

Jewish Virtual Library,

Abraham Ibn Ezra

Johansson, Nadja,

Religion and Science in Abraham Ibn Ezra's Sefer Ha-Olam (Including an English Translation of the Hebrew Text)

Langermann, Tzvi, "", Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2006. Accessed June 21, 2011.

Abraham Ibn Ezra

Levin, Elizabetha, Various Times in Abraham Ibn Ezra's Works and their Reflection in Modern Thought // KronoScope, Brill Academic Publishers,18, Issue 2, 2018, pp. 154-170. DOI: 10.1163/15685241-12341414

Levine, Etan. Ed., Abraham ibn Ezra's Commentary to the Pentateuch, Vatican Manuscript Vat. Ebr. 38. Jerusalem: Makor, 1974.

Tesis doctoral (UCM)

Sánchez-Rubio García, Fernando (2016). El segundo comentario de Abraham Ibn Ezra al libro del Cantar de los Cantares. Edición crítica, traducción, notas y estudio introductorio.

Sela, Shlomo, , in Arabic Sciences and Philosophy, (2001), 11:1:91–149 Cambridge University Press

"Abraham Ibn Ezra's Scientific Corpus Basic Constituents and General Characterization"

Sela, Shlomo, , Brill, 2003. ISBN 90-04-12973-1

Abraham Ibn Ezra and the Rise of Medieval Hebrew Science

Siegel, Eliezer,

Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra's Commentary to the Torah

skyscript.co.uk,

120 Aphorisms for Astrologers by Abraham ibn Ezra

skyscript.co.uk,

Skyscript: The Life and Work of Abraham Ibn Ezra

Smithuis, Renate, "Abraham Ibn Ezra's Astrological Works in Hebrew and Latin: New Discoveries and Exhaustive Listing", in Aleph (Aleph: Historical Studies in Science and Judaism), 2006, No. 6, Pages 239-338

Wacks, David. "The Poet, the Rabbi, and the Song: Abraham ibn Ezra and the Song of Songs". Wine, Women, and Song: Hebrew and Arabic Literature in Medieval Iberia. Eds. Michelle M. Hamilton, Sarah J. Portnoy and David A. Wacks. Newark, Del.: , 2004. 47–58.

Juan de la Cuesta Hispanic Monographs

Walfish, Barry, , The Jewish Quarterly Review, New Series, Vol. 79, No. 4 (April 1989), pp. 323–343, University of Pennsylvania Press

"The Two Commentaries of Abraham Ibn Ezra on the Book of Esther"

entry on "Ibn Ezra, Abraham Ben Meir" with extensive bibliography by Uriel Simon and Raphael Jospe

Encyclopaedia Judaica (2007)

Rudavsky, Tamar M. (2007). . In Thomas Hockey; et al. (eds.). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York: Springer. pp. 553–5. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0.

"Ibn ʿEzra: Abraham ibn ʿEzra"

Levey, Martin (2008) [1970-80]. . Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Encyclopedia.com.

"Ibn Ezra, Abraham Ben Meir"

Roth, Norman. .

Ibn Ezra: Highlights of His Life

Commentaries over the Torah at Sefaria

at Ben Yehuda Project

Poems in Hebrew