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Joseph Albo

Overview

Joseph Albo (Hebrew: יוסף אלבו; c. 1380 – c. 1444) was a Jewish philosopher and rabbi who lived in Spain during the fifteenth century, known chiefly as the author of Sefer ha-Ikkarim ("Book of Principles"), the classic work on the fundamentals of Judaism.

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Philosophers who discussed Joseph Albo

• Maimonides
• Hasdai Crescas
• Isaac Abarbanel
• David ben Judah Messer Leon
• Jedaiah ben Abraham Bedersi

Related ideas

• Philosophy
• Latin
• Medicine
• Jews
• Spain
• Aristotle
• Hasdai Crescas

Place in the tradition

Part of Jewish philosophy.

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