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Judah Halevi (also Yehuda Halevi or ha-Levi; Hebrew: יהודה הלוי and Judah ben Shmuel Halevi יהודה בן שמואל הלוי ; Arabic: يهوذا اللاوي, romanized: Yahūḏa al-Lāwī; c. 1075 – 1141) was a Sephardic Jewish poet, physician and philosopher. He was born in Al-Andalus, either in Toledo or Tudela, in 1075.
May 21, 2008 · Judah ben Samuel Halevi (c. 1075–1141) was the premier Hebrew poet of his generation in medieval Spain. Over the course of some fifty years, from the end of the 11 th century to the middle of the 12 th, he wrote nearly 800 poems, both secular and religious.
Judah ha-Levi (born c. 1075, Tudela, Kingdom of Pamplona [Navarre]—died July 1141, Egypt) was a Jewish poet and religious philosopher. His works were the culmination of the development of Hebrew poetry within the Arabic cultural sphere.
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Following this line, Halevi denies that a non-Jew, no matter how morally and intellectually gifted, can never be a prophet. Defending Judaism. On revelation, Halevi remarks that Judaism, unlike Christianity and Islam, affirms that God revealed himself not to a single person but to the 600,000 Israelites who came out of Egypt.
- Rabbi Louis Jacobs
Judah Halevi. (1086 - 1145) Judah Halevi was the greatest Hebrew poet of his time. Born in Toledo, the capital of Castile, Judah studied with the famous rabbinic scholar, Isaac Alfasi. In addition to mastering biblical Hebrew, Arabic and the intricacies of the Talmud, Judah explored the physical sciences, philosophy and metaphysics.
Introduction. The extant writing of the medieval Jewish poet, philosopher, and theologian Judah Halevi (c. 1075–1141) includes personal letters, as many as a thousand Hebrew poems, and the Kuzari, a seminal philosophical and theological treatise on Judaism written in dialogue form.
Biography. The great Jewish poet, philosopher, and theologian, Judah ben Samuel Halevi (c. 1075-–1141) was the only son of a wealthy Spanish Jewish family, most likely born in Toledo. Toledo was under Muslim rule until its conquest by the Christian king, Alfonso VI, in 1085, and produced a large number of prominent Jewish scholars, poets ...
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