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Judah ibn Tibbon

Type Figure Region Provence Time c. 1120–1190 Also known as Judah ibn Tibbon、Judah ben Saul ibn Tibbon、犹大·本·扫罗·伊本·提邦

Judah ibn Tibbon (c. 1120–1190), born in Lunel in Languedoc, was medieval Provence's most important Hebrew translator, rendering Arabic philosophical…

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  1. 1120–1148Lunel · FranceBorn into a Jewish scholarly family in Lunel, he trained at the local Talmud academy, acquiring Arabic and Latin, laying the groundwork for later bringing the scholarship of the Islamic world to Provence's Jewish community.
  2. 1148–1170Montpellier · FranceBetween 1151 and 1160 he translated Arabic philosophical and medical works intensively in Provence, including Ibn Bajja's On the Soul, Galen's medical treatises, and works of Saadia Gaon, founding the Tibbon family translation tradition.
  3. 1170–1190Marseilles · FranceIn his later years he moved to Marseilles, continuing his translation work and guiding successors such as his son Samuel ibn Tibbon; he wrote the Book of the Translator's Ethics on translation ethics and died in Marseilles in 1190.

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