Isaac ibn Latif explained

Isaac ibn Latif (c. 1210-1280) was a Jewish philosopher, who lived most of his life in Toledo. In 1238 he publishedhis first work, a treatise named sha'ar ha-shama'yim ("heaven's gate"), a commentary on Koheles (Ecclesiastes).^[1] Artscroll's Koheles cites from his work.^[2]

Other works

Other works by ibn Latif include^[3]

• Iggeret ha-Teshuvah and
• Tsurat ha-Olam^[4] (published 1260;^[5] printed 1860 in Vienna).^[6]

The earliest printing of his Sefer Rov Po'a'lim^[7] ספר פעלים,^[8] was in 1885.

Family

His father's name was Abraham (אברהם) ; he had a son named Moses (משה).^[9]

References

• Shoey Raz: Latif, Isaac b. Abraham ibn. In: Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2. edition, Vol. 12, Detroit 2007, pp. 506–507 (online)
• Dan Cohn-Sherbok: Medieval Jewish Philosophy. Routledge 1996,, pp. 117–119
• Harvey J. Hames: The Art of Conversion: Christianity and Kabbalah in the Thirteenth Century. Brill 2000,, pp. 56–57

Notes and References

1. Web site: Latif, Isaac b. Abraham ibn.
2. p.98/4:4, p. 104/4:13, p.108/5:1
3. Web site: ALLATIF, ISAAC BEN ABRAHAM IBN LATIF.
4. Web site: Tsurat ha-olam - Isaac ben Abraham Ibn Latif. 1860.
5. Web site: Latif, Isaac ben Abraham ibn approximately 1220.
6. Web site: Manuscript – Tzurat HaOlam by Rabbi Yitzchak Ibn Latif and an Unidentified Work on the Torah – Beginning of 15th Century.
7. Web site: Sefer Rov Poalim (Hebrew Edition): Yitzhak Ibn Latif.
8. Web site: ספר פעלים. 1885.
9. Web site: Moses ben Isaac Ibn Latif.