Katan — may refer to: *Mo ed Katan, Jewish holiday *Yaniv Katan, Israeli footballer *Olam katan, Jewish philosophical concept *Tallit katan, Jewish garment *Makhtesh Katan, Israel *Kapan, Armenia … Wikipedia
Joseph ibn Tzaddik — Rabbi Joseph ben Jacob ibn Tzaddik (? 1149) was a Spanish rabbi, poet, and philosopher. A Talmudist of high repute, he was appointed in 1138 dayyan at Cordova, which office he held conjointly with Maimon, father of Maimonides, until his death.… … Wikipedia
NEWSPAPERS, HEBREW — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the spread of the hebrew press main stages of development In Europe Through the Early 1880s ideology of the early press in europe until world war i in europe between the wars the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MICROCOSM — (from Gr. mikros kosmos; small world ), term in the Western philosophical tradition referring to man as an epitome of the universe (the macrocos) in his parts and structure. The Arabic (ʿālam ṣaghīr), Hebrew (olam katan), and Latin (mundis minor) … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization … Encyclopedia of Judaism
LITERATURE, JEWISH — Literature on Jewish themes and in languages regarded as Jewish has been written continuously for the past 3,000 years. What the term Jewish literature encompasses, however, demands definition, since Jews have lived in so many countries and have… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
AVICENNA° — AVICENNA°, as he is known in the West, or Abu Ali al Hussein ibn ʿAbdallah ibn Sīnā (980–1037), physician, scientist, statesman, and one of the greatest Islamic philosophers. His writings cover a wide range of topics. His encyclopedic work Kitāb… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
IBN EZRA, ABRAHAM BEN MEIR — (1089–1164), one of the most important Jewish Bible exegetes; also a poet, composer of piyyutim , grammarian, translator, philosopher, astronomer, and astrologer. Exceptionally erudite, he was among the last creative geniuses of the Spanish… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
CATEGORIES — CATEGORIES, in medieval Jewish philosophy the highest logical as well as metaphysical classification into which all beings are divided. aristotle (Categories, chs. 5–9; Metaphysics, book 5, especially chs. 8 and 30. speaks of the categories which … Encyclopedia of Judaism
TIBBON, IBN — (Tibbonids), a family of translators, philosophers, and exegetes, based in southern France ( Provence, the Midi, Occitania). JUDAH B. SAUL IBN TIBBON (c. 1120–1190), called the father of translators, was born in Granada, but fled (most likely due … Encyclopedia of Judaism
