Joseph Vidal
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Joseph ibn Vidal Labi was a prominent Spanish-Jewish scholar and orator, son of the philosopher Solomon ibn Labi. He lived at Saragossa, and was one of the 25 rabbis who by order of Pope Benedict XIII
assisted at the disputation of Tortosa
(February 7, 1413-November 12, 1414), where he distinguished himself by his oratorical ability.
Labi translated into Hebrew
, under the title Gerem ha-Ma'alot, a work on plants and their uses in medicine, written in Arabic
by his tutor Joshua Lorki
at the insistence of Solomon Benveniste (d. 1411), whose children Lorki was at the time educating (MS. Vienna No. 154). Of Labi's numerous other works only a few poems and letters dealing with literary matters are now extant.
Antipope Benedict XIII
Benedict XIII, born Pedro Martínez de Luna y Pérez de Gotor , known as in Spanish, was an Aragonese nobleman, who is officially considered by the Catholic Church to be an antipope....
assisted at the disputation of Tortosa
Tortosa
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(February 7, 1413-November 12, 1414), where he distinguished himself by his oratorical ability.
Labi translated into Hebrew
Hebrew language
Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...
, under the title Gerem ha-Ma'alot, a work on plants and their uses in medicine, written in Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
by his tutor Joshua Lorki
Joshua Lorki
Joshua ben Joseph ibn Vives al-Lorqui was a Spanish-Jewish physician who lived at Alcañiz. In 1408, at the command of the rich and influential Benveniste ben Solomon ben Labi, he wrote a work in Arabic on the value and effects of various foodstuffs and of simple and composite medicaments...
at the insistence of Solomon Benveniste (d. 1411), whose children Lorki was at the time educating (MS. Vienna No. 154). Of Labi's numerous other works only a few poems and letters dealing with literary matters are now extant.
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography
- Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, p. 100;
- Fürst, Bibl. Jud. ii. 215;
- Krafft and Deutsch, Die Handschriftlichen Hebr. Werke der K. K. Hofbibliothek zu Wien, pp. 120 et seq., 164 et seq.;
- Steinschneider, Hebr. Bibl. xv. 56 et seq., 80 et seq.;
- idem, Cat. Munich, p. 138;
- ZunzZunzZunz, Zuntz is a Yiddish surname: , Belgian pharmacologist* Leopold Zunz , German Reform rabbi* Gerhard Jack Zunz , British civil engineer- Zuntz :* Nathan Zuntz , German physiologist...
, S. P. p. 520.
External links
- Jewish Encyclopedia article for Joseph Vidal, by Richard Gottheil and Moses Löb Bamberger