Hillel ben Samuel
Hillel ben Samuel (* around 1220 , † around 1295 ) and Hillel of Verona or Hillel of Forlì called, was one during the late 13th century in Italy acting physician and philosophizing theologian . He dealt critically with the averroistic views of his time, advocating secular education in the Maimonides dispute , but at the same time fought (like the contemporary scholastics , whose works he partly knew and also translated) averroism as a threat to religion.
His book tagmule ha-nefesch (“Retribution of the Soul”) is available for example. Partly under the direct influence of writings of Dominicus Gundissalinus and criticized above all the Averroistic doctrine of the active intellect.
Web links
- Hillel ben Samuel in the Jewish Virtual Library
- Solomon Schechter, A. Peiginsky: Hillel ben Samuel. In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hillel ben Samuel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hillel of Verona |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian-Jewish scholar and doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1220 |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1295 |