Moses ben Joshua of Narbonne
Mose ben Josua von Narbonne (* 1300 in Perpignan ; † 1362 , also Moses Narboni ) was a Jewish scholar of the 14th century.
He worked in Perpignan and Spain as a doctor , philosopher and exegete , spoke Arabic and was an important cultural mediator.
He took the line of Moses ben Maimon and wrote a commentary on his main work, Leader of the Undecided . In addition, he was strongly influenced by Averroes , on whom he also wrote a commentary, and took up cabalistic thoughts, trying to reconcile the two. He also wrote commentaries on al-Ghazālī and Ibn Tufail . The comment on the latter "enjoyed great popularity among educated Jews of the time, as can be inferred from the impressive number of surviving manuscripts of this work."
Yohanan Alemanno later wrote a super commentary on Narboni's commentary, presumably on behalf of Pico .
Web links
- Moses ben Joshua of Narbonne in the Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved May 6, 2010
Footnotes
- ↑ a b c Ibn Tufail : The philosopher as an autodidact , translated, with an introduction and notes, edited by Patric O. Schaerer, Hamburg 2009, p. LXXV
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moses ben Joshua of Narbonne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maestro Vidal Blasom; Moshe Narbonni |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th century or 14th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Perpignan |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1362 |