BIBAGO, ABRAHAM BEN SHEM TOV — (15th century), Spanish scholar, religious philosopher, commentator on Aristotelian works, and preacher. His name is also spelled Bivach. Bibago was born in the province of Aragon. He first resided in Huesca, where, in his youth, he completed a… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BIBAGO (Bivach), ISAAC — (d. 1489), physician in Huesca, Spain; brother of abraham bibago . In the 1460s he and others of his circle helped to bring back to the faith Jews who had been forcibly converted to Christianity (see anusim ). These included the wealthy converso… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Abraham (Name) — Abraham ist ein männlicher Vorname, kommt aber auch als Familienname vor. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Herkunft und Bedeutung des Namens 2 Namenstage 3 Varianten 4 Be … Deutsch Wikipedia
Bibago, Abraham ben Shemtov — (fl. 15th cent.) Spanish philosopher and writer. He was born in Aragon and became head of the yeshivah in Zaragoza. He engaged in disputations with Christian scholars at the court of Juan II, King of Aragon. His The Path of Faith examines the… … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
AVERROES° — (Abu al Walid Muhammad ibn Rushd; 1126–1198), qadi, jurist, noted physician, and one of the greatest Islamic philosophers. Averroes, who lived in Spain, is best known as the outstanding commentator of the medieval period on Aristotle s works. He… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ARISTOTLE° — (fourth century B.C.E.), Greek philosopher and founder of the peripatetic school. Aristotle achieved a unique rank in the estimation of Muslim and Jewish medieval philosophers, who often refer to him simply as the philosopher. Maimonides stated… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MAIMONIDEAN CONTROVERSY — MAIMONIDEAN CONTROVERSY, a vast complex of disputed cultural, religious, and social problems, focusing around several central themes. Some of the elements of this controversy considerably antedate maimonides (1135–1204); and of the questions… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BELIEF — The Bible In the Bible there are no articles of faith or dogmas in the Christian or Islamic sense of the terms. Although trust in God is regarded as a paramount religious virtue (Gen. 15:6; Isa. 7:9; cf. Job 2:9), there is nowhere in Scripture an … Encyclopedia of Judaism
JUAN DE CIUDAD — (15th century), Castilian Converso. In 1465 Juan and his son arrived at Huesca in Aragon, then the main center in Spain of Jewish activities for encouraging Conversos to return to Judaism. Juan approached the ḥakham abraham bibago and his circle … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HUESCA — (Osca), city in Aragon, N.E. Spain. It had one of the most important Jewish communities in the kingdom. With Saragossa and Calatayud, they were the three major Jewish communities in the Kingdom of Aragon. The correspondence has been preserved of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
