Judah ben Isaac Cardinal (or ''Cardineal'') was a translator who lived at the end of the twelfth century and the beginning of the thirteenth, probably in

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Joseph ben Baruch Joseph ben Baruch was a French rabbi, a tosafist of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Gross identifies him with Joseph of Clisson. Joseph resided for some time in Paris, where he associated with Judah Sir Leon and instructed Samuel of Falaise ...

, who, according to

Leopold Zunz Leopold Zunz ( he, יום טוב צונץ—''Yom Tov Tzuntz'', yi, ליפמן צונץ—''Lipmann Zunz''; 10 August 1794 – 17 March 1886) was the founder of academic Judaic Studies (''Wissenschaft des Judentums''), the critical investigation ...

, traveled from France to Jerusalem by way of Egypt in 1211, Cardinal translated from Arabic into Hebrew

Judah ha-Levi Judah Halevi (also Yehuda Halevi or ha-Levi; he, יהודה הלוי and Judah ben Shmuel Halevi ; ar, يهوذا اللاوي ''Yahuḏa al-Lāwī''; 1075 – 1141) was a Spanish Jewish physician, poet and philosopher. He was born in Spain, ...

's '' Kuzari''. This translation, which, with the exception of several small fragments, is no longer in existence, was used by Nathanael ben Nehemiah Kaspi in his commentary on the ''Kuzari'' entitled Edut le-Yisrael'', and also by Judah ben Joseph Moscato in his commentary ''Qol Yehudah''.

References

* Wolf, ''Bibl. Hebr.'' i. 772; * Giovanni Bernardo De Rossi, ''Dizionario'', p. 162; * Dukes, in ''Orient. Lit''. 1840, p. 588; 1849, p. 453; *

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, ''Cuzari'', p. 20; *

Moritz Steinschneider Moritz Steinschneider (30 March 1816, Prostějov, Moravia, Austrian Empire – 24 January 1907, Berlin) was a Moravian bibliographer and Orientalist. He received his early instruction in Hebrew from his father, Jacob Steinschneider ( 1782; ...

, ''Hebr. Übers''. p. 404; *

, ''Notes on Benjamin of Tudela'', ed. Asher, ii. 256.G. {{DEFAULTSORT:Cardinal, Judah ben Isaac 12th-century births 13th-century deaths 12th-century translators 13th-century translators 13th-century French writers Arabic–Hebrew translators French translators French male non-fiction writers Writers of lost works