Isaac I. Aboab

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Isaac Aboab ( Isaac I. Aboab , also Isaak Aboab ) was a religious-ethical author from a Sephardic family who lived and worked in Spain around 1300 .

He was best known for his work Menorat ha-Maor ("Candlestick of Light"), a popular compendium of Talmudic ethics .

literature

  • Angel Sáenz-Badillos; Judit Targarona Borrás: Yiṣḥaq (ben Abraham?) 'Aboab. In: Diccionario de autores judios (Sefarad. Siglos X-XV). El Almendro, Córdoba 1988 (Estudios de Cultura Hebrea, Volume 10), p. 145. ISBN 84-86077-69-9 .

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