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Isaac ben Judah Abarbanel (Hebrew: יצחק בן יהודה אברבנאל; 1437–1508), commonly referred to as Abarbanel (Hebrew: אַבַּרבְּנְאֵל; also spelled Abravanel, Avravanel or Abrabanel), was a Portuguese Jewish statesman, philosopher, Bible commentator, and financier.
Rabbi Don Isaac ben Judah Abravanel (Abarbanel) was a Portugese rabbi, scholar, Bible commentator, philosopher, and statesman. Abravanel was born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1437. He studied both Talmud, philosophy, and secular studies. He was one of the first Jewish scholars to be influenced by Renaissance writers.
Rabbi David Abudraham. Don Isaac Abravanel was one of the greatest Jewish statesmen who played an important part in European history. At the same time he was not merely a loyal and strictly religious Jew, but a great scholar, Bible commentator and philosopher.
Rabbi Don Isaac Abarbanel. Don Isaac Abravanel was a Portugese rabbi, scholar, Bible commentor, philosopher, and statesman. He was born into an educated and well-to-do family; his father Judah was state treasurer of Portugal who served the king. Abravanel received a Jewish education and would later go on to serve the royal family as well.
One of Don Isaac's sons, Rabbi Don Judah, became an important Jewish philosopher in his own right. Don Isaac Abarbanel was a colorful and unique figure in Jewish history. He was a scholar, rabbi, biblical commentator and philosopher who devoted most of his professional career to the service of European monarchs.
Thus, he is often referred to as Don Isaac Abravanel, a fitting appellation for a man who was a legendary advocate for his fellow Jews. Isaac’s grandfather, Samuel Abravanel, a great Torah sage from the Spanish city of Seville, escaped from that city when its Catholics destroyed the Jewish quarter and butchered many of its Jews.
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Isaac Abravanel: Statesman and Bible commentator, son of the Portuguese treasurer, Dom Judah, was born in the year 1437 at Lisbon, and died at Venice in 1508. He was buried in Padua. Abravanel received a careful education and was a pupil of Joseph Ḥayyim, rabbi of Lisbon.
