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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. May 18, 2018 · ABRAVANEL, ISAAC. ABRAVANEL, ISAAC (1437 – 1508), known as Abravanel, Abrabanel, and Abarbanel; Spanish-Portuguese biblical commentator, theologian, and philosopher. Born in Lisbon into a wealthy Jewish family from Seville, Isaac ben Judah Abravanel succeeded his father as the treasurer to Alfonso V, king of Aragon, but in 1483 for political ...

  5. Isaac Abarbanel (1437-1508) was a scholar, rabbi, biblical commentator and philosopher who also served as treasurer to several kings. Discover more at the NLI!

  6. ABRABANEL, ISAAC BEN JUDAH (1437–1508), statesman, biblical exegete, and theologian. Offshoot of a distinguished Ibero-Jewish family, Abrabanel (the family name also appears as Abravanel, Abarbanel, Bravanel , etc.) spent 45 years in Portugal, then passed the nine years immediately prior to Spanish Jewry's 1492 expulsion in Castile.

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  8. Born in Lisbon in 1437 CE (AM 5197), Isaac Abravanel was descended from an illustrious Sephardic family, which traced its lineage all the way back to King David. The title ‘Don’ (Minister) was conferred on him when he served as minister of finance in the Spanish government.

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