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ABENDANA , the name of two Jewish theologians . (I) J idols (163o-I695), See also:rabbi (Hakhans) of the See also:Spanish See also:Jews in See also:London from 1680 . Like his See also:brother See also:Isaac, See also:Jacob Abendana had a circle of See also:Christian See also:friends, and his reputation led to the appreciation of Jewish scholarship by See also:modern Christian theologians . (2) ISAAC (e . 1650-171o), his brother, taught See also:Hebrew at See also:Cambridge and afterwards at See also:Oxford . He compiled a Jewish See also:Calendar and wrote Discourses on the Ecclesiastical and See also:Civil Polity of the Jews (1706) . |
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