Samuel ibn Tibbon

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Samuel ben Jehuda ibn Tibbon (* 1160 in Lunel ; † 1230 in Marseille ), the son of Jehuda ibn Tibbon , was a Jewish author and translator of the Middle Ages from the Ibn Tibbon family .

In his father's will, Samuel was reprimanded for his unbridled behavior. He later left Lunel and lived in Arles , Béziers and Marseille.

He is best known as the Hebrew translator of the Leader of the Undecided by Maimonides from Arabic into Hebrew . For this task he asked the author for help and received detailed instructions on the translation work in general as well as a description of the difficulties in translating the work in question by Maimonides. In his introduction, Samuel explains his method in questions of terminology and syntax, for example . His translation became a great success and set the style for philosophical Hebrew for centuries. He put together an alphabetically arranged glossary with unusual expressions in the Leader of the Undecided and explained some terms in detail.

He also translated Maimonides' treatise on the resurrection, the " Letter to Yemen " and the commentary on the sayings of the fathers .

His translations of medical works include a commentary by Ali ibn Ridwan on Galen's Ars Parva , which appeared in Hebrew under the title Perusch Melacha Ketanna ("Explanation of Small Art").

As an author, he has written a commentary on Kohelet .

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SURNAME Ibn Tibbon, Samuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ibn Tibbon, Samuel ben Jehuda (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jewish author and translator
DATE OF BIRTH 1160
PLACE OF BIRTH Lunel
DATE OF DEATH 1230
Place of death Marseille