Crescas, ḤAsdai
CRESCAS, ḤASDAI (c. 1340–1410/11), Spanish rabbi, philosopher, natural scientist; author of the anti-Aristotelian Hebrew classic, Or Adonai (The Light of the Lord)...
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Crescas, Hasdai(1340–1410)
The Spanish rabbi and philosopher Hasdai Crescas was born in Barcelona, the scion of a distinguished family. He exercised considerable influence both in the Jewish co...
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Crescas, Hasdai [addendum]
Hasdai Crescas takes a radical anti-Aristotelian position, and yet he himself presents conclusions that are threatening to the traditional understanding of religion. For exa...
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Although Hasdai Crescas was a great leader of Spanish Jewry in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries, he is known today chiefly for his philosophical work Sefer Or Adonai (The Book of the ...
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Crescas, ḤAsdai
Crescas, Hasdai (1340-1410)
Hasdai Crescas