Isaac ibn Latif (c. 1210-1280) was a Jewish philosopher, who lived most of his life in
Toledo
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. In 1238 he published
his first work, a treatise named ''sha'ar ha-shama'yim'' ("heaven's gate"), a commentary on
Koheles
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(Ecclesiastes).
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's ''Koheles'' cites from his work.
Other works
Other works by ''ibn Latif'' include
* ''Iggeret ha-Teshuvah'' and
* ''Tsurat ha-Olam'' (published 1260; printed 1860 in Vienna).
The earliest printing of his Sefer Rov Po'a'lim ספר פעלים, was in 1885.
Family
His father's name was Abraham (אברהם) ; he had a son named Moses (משה).
References
* Shoey Raz: ''Latif, Isaac b. Abraham ibn''. In: ''
Encyclopaedia Judaica
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'', 2. edition, Vol. 12, Detroit 2007, pp. 506–507
online
*Dan Cohn-Sherbok: ''Medieval Jewish Philosophy''. Routledge 1996, , pp. 117–119 ()
*Harvey J. Hames: ''The Art of Conversion: Christianity and Kabbalah in the Thirteenth Century''. Brill 2000, , pp. 56–57 ()
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13th-century Castilian Jews
1210 births
1280 deaths
Spanish philosophers
Medieval Jewish philosophers
People from Toledo, Spain
Neoplatonists