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Profiat Duran, the Glossary

Profiat Duran (c. 1350 – c. 1415) (פרופייט דוראן), full Hebrew name Isaac ben Moses haLevi) was a Jewish apologist/polemicist, philosopher, physician, grammarian, and controversialist in the 14th century. He was later sometimes referred to by the sobriquet Efodi (האפודי) through association with his two grammars entitled Ephod.^[1]

46 relations: Abraham ben Isaac of Narbonne, Abraham ibn Ezra, Antipope Clement VII, Avignon, Benveniste, Books of Samuel, C. H. Hamberger, Catalonia, Constantinople, Converso, Crescas, Criticism of Christianity, Disputation of Barcelona, Early Christianity, Forced conversion, Germany, Giovanni Bernardo De Rossi, Gospel, Hasdai Crescas, Hebrew cantillation, Hebrew language, Heinrich Graetz, Heinrich Gross (rabbi), Henry III of Castile, Isaac Akrish, Jeßnitz, Jesus in the Talmud, Joseph ibn Shem-Tov, Judah ibn Verga, Judaism, Maimonides, Marrano, Moritz Steinschneider, Moses Zarzal, Nachmanides, New Testament, Palestine (region), Paul of Burgos, Perpignan, Sabbioneta, Sobriquet, Talmud, Textual criticism, The Guide for the Perplexed, Torah, Zhovkva.
Jewish apologists
Medieval Hebraists
Philosophers from Catalonia

Abraham ben Isaac of Narbonne

Abraham ben Isaac of Narbonne(-85 – 1158) was a Provençal rabbi, also known as Raavad II, and author of the halachic work Ha-Eshkol (The Cluster).

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Abraham ibn Ezra

Abraham ben Meir Ibn Ezra (ר׳ אַבְרָהָם בֶּן מֵאִיר אִבְּן עֶזְרָא ʾAḇrāhām ben Mēʾīr ʾībən ʾĒzrāʾ, often abbreviated as; إبراهيمالمجيد ابن عزرا Ibrāhim al-Mājid ibn Ezra; also known as Abenezra or simply Ibn Ezra, 1089 / 1092 – 27 January 1164 / 23 January 1167)Jewish Encyclopedia; Chambers Biographical Dictionary gives the dates 1092/93 – 1167 was one of the most distinguished Jewish biblical commentators and philosophers of the Middle Ages. Profiat Duran and Abraham ibn Ezra are medieval Hebraists, medieval Jewish philosophers and philosophers of Judaism.

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Antipope Clement VII

Robert of Geneva (Robert de Genève; 1342 – 16 September 1394) was elected to the papacy as Clement VII (Clément VII) by the cardinals who opposed Pope Urban VI and was the first antipope residing in Avignon, France.

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Avignon

Avignon (Provençal or Avignoun,; Avenio) is the prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France.

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Benveniste

The Spanish Benveniste family is an old, noble, wealthy, and scholarly Jewish family of Narbonne, France and northern Spain established in the 11th century.

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Books of Samuel

The Book of Samuel (Sefer Shmuel) is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Samuel) in the Old Testament.

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C. H. Hamberger

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Catalonia

Catalonia (Catalunya; Cataluña; Catalonha) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy.

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Constantinople

Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330.

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Converso

A converso (feminine form conversa), "convert", was a Jew who converted to Catholicism in Spain or Portugal, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries, or one of their descendants. Profiat Duran and converso are conversos.

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Crescas

Crescas (קרשקש) is a Judaeo-Catalan family name, prominent in the former Crown of Aragon.

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Criticism of Christianity

Criticism of Christianity has a long history which stretches back to the initial formation of the religion in the Roman Empire.

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Disputation of Barcelona

The Disputation of Barcelona (July 20–24, 1263) was a formal ordered medieval disputation between representatives of Christianity and Judaism regarding whether Jesus was the Jewish Messiah.

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Early Christianity

Early Christianity, otherwise called the Early Church or Paleo-Christianity, describes the historical era of the Christian religion up to the First Council of Nicaea in 325.

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Forced conversion

Forced conversion is the adoption of a religion or irreligion under duress.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Giovanni Bernardo De Rossi

Giovanni Bernardo De Rossi (October 25, 1742 in Castelnuovo Nigra, Piedmont – March 23, 1831 in Parma) was an Italian Christian Hebraist.

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Gospel

Gospel (εὐαγγέλιον; evangelium) originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was reported.

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Hasdai Crescas

Hasdai ben Abraham Crescas (חסדאי קרשקש; c. 1340 in Barcelona – 1410/11 in Zaragoza) was a Spanish-Jewish philosopher and a renowned halakhist (teacher of Jewish law). Profiat Duran and Hasdai Crescas are Jewish apologists, medieval Jewish philosophers, philosophers from Catalonia and philosophers of Judaism.

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Hebrew cantillation

Hebrew cantillation, trope, trop, or te'amim is the manner of chanting ritual readings from the Hebrew Bible in synagogue services.

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Hebrew language

Hebrew (ʿÎbrit) is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family.

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Heinrich Graetz

Heinrich Graetz (31 October 1817 – 7 September 1891) was a German exegete and one of the first historians to write a comprehensive history of the Jewish people from a Jewish perspective.

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Heinrich Gross (rabbi)

Heinrich Gross, written also as Henri Gross (born Szenicz, Hungarian Kingdom, now Senica, Slovakia, 6 November 1835; died 1910), was a German rabbi.

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Henry III of Castile

Henry III of Castile (4 October 1379 – 25 December 1406), called the Suffering due to his ill health, was the son of John I and Eleanor of Aragon.

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Isaac Akrish

Isaac ben Abraham Akrish (– after 1578) was a Sephardi Jewish scholar, bibliophile, and editor.

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Jeßnitz

Jeßnitz (is a town and a former municipality in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river Mulde, north of Bitterfeld. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Raguhn-Jeßnitz. Category:Towns in Saxony-Anhalt Category:Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Category:Raguhn-Jeßnitz ro:Jeßnitz (Anhalt).

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Jesus in the Talmud

There are several passages in the Talmud which are believed by some scholars to be references to Jesus.

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Joseph ibn Shem-Tov

Joseph ben Shem-Tov ibn Shem-Tov (died 1480) was a prolific Judæo-Spanish writer born in Castile.

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Judah ibn Verga

Judah ibn Verga (יהודה אבן וירגה) was a Sefardic historian, kabbalist, perhaps also mathematician, and astronomer of the 15th century.

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Judaism

Judaism (יַהֲדוּת|translit.

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Maimonides

Moses ben Maimon (1138–1204), commonly known as Maimonides and also referred to by the Hebrew acronym Rambam (רמב״ם), was a Sephardic rabbi and philosopher who became one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. Profiat Duran and Maimonides are medieval Jewish philosophers and philosophers of Judaism.

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Marrano

Marranos is one of the terms used in relation to Spanish and Portuguese Jews who converted or were forced by the Spanish and Portuguese crowns to convert to Christianity during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, but continued to practice Judaism in secrecy or were suspected of it, referred to as Crypto-Jews. Profiat Duran and Marrano are conversos.

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Moritz Steinschneider

Moritz Steinschneider (30 March 1816 – 24 January 1907) was a Moravian bibliographer and Orientalist.

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Moses Zarzal

Moses Zarzal (fl. 1400) was a converso Spanish Jewish writer and physician to Henry III of Castile. Profiat Duran and Moses Zarzal are conversos.

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Nachmanides

Moses ben Nachman (מֹשֶׁה בֶּן־נָחְמָן Mōše ben-Nāḥmān, "Moses son of Nachman"; 1194–1270), commonly known as Nachmanides (Ναχμανίδης Nakhmanídēs), and also referred to by the acronym Ramban and by the contemporary nickname Bonastruc ça Porta (literally "Mazel Tov near the Gate", see), was a leading medieval Jewish scholar, Catalan rabbi, philosopher, physician, kabbalist, and biblical commentator. Profiat Duran and Nachmanides are Jewish apologists, medieval Jewish philosophers, philosophers from Catalonia and philosophers of Judaism.

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New Testament

The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon.

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Palestine (region)

The region of Palestine, also known as Historic Palestine, is a geographical area in West Asia.

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Paul of Burgos

Paul of Burgos (Burgos, 1351 – 29 August 1435) was a Spanish Jew who converted to Christianity, and became an archbishop, lord chancellor, and exegete. Profiat Duran and Paul of Burgos are conversos.

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Perpignan

Perpignan (Perpinyà,; Perpinhan) is the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in Southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the Mediterranean Sea and the scrublands of the Corbières massif.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profiat_Duran

Also known as Efodi, Isaac Ben Moses Levi, Profet Duran, Profet uran.

Profiat Duran, the Glossary

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Jewish apologists

Medieval Hebraists

Philosophers from Catalonia

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