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ABRAHAM IBN DAUD (c. 1s 10—118o)

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ABRAHAM
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IBN DAUD (c. 1s 10—118o)  , Jewish historiographer and philosopher of
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Toledo . His
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historical
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work was the
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Book of Tradition (Sepher Haqabala), a
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chronicle down to the
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year 1.161 . This was a
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defence of the traditional
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record, and also contains valuable
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information for the
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medieval
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period . It was translated into Latin by Genebrad (1519) . His
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philosophy was expounded in an Arabic work better known under its
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Hebrew
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title 'Emunah Ramah (
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Sublime Faith) . This was translated into
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German by Neil (1882) .
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Ibn Daud was one of the first Jewish scholastics to adopt the Aristotelian
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system; his predecessors were mostly neo-Platonists ..
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Maimonides owed a
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good
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deal to him .

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