Abraham ibn Daud [SEP] place of death
Abraham ibn Daud
Abraham ibn Daud (; ) was a Spanish-Jewish astronomer, historian, and philosopher; born at Cordoba, Spain about 1110; died in Toledo, Spain, according to common report, a martyr about 1180. He is sometimes known by the abbreviation Rabad I or Ravad I. His mother belonged to a family famed for its learning.
Works.
- His chronicle, a work written in 1161 under the title of "Sefer ha-Kabbalah" (Book of Tradition), in which he
married Rabbi Nissim's daughter.
After the death of his father, Joseph succeeded him as vizier and rabbi, directing at the same time an important yeshiva. Among his students were Rabbi Isaac ben Baruch ibn Albalia and Rabbi Isaac ibn Ghayyat.
Joseph ibn Naghrela Character.
Rabbi Abraham ibn Daud describes Joseph in highly laudatory terms, saying that he lacked none of his father's good qualities, except that he was not quite as humble, having been brought up in luxury.
The 1906 edition of the "Jewish