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R. Yitzchak Arama (Akeidat Yitzchak)

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Akeidat Yitzchak
Name
R. Yitzchak ben Moshe Arama
ר' יצחק בן משה עראמה
Dates1420-1494
LocationSpain
WorksAkeidat Yitzchak
Exegetical Characteristics
Influenced byRambam
Impacted onAbarbanel

Background

Life

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    • Hebrew name – ר' יצחק בן משה עראמה1
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  • Dates – c. 1420-c.1494
  • Location – Spain,2 Naples3
  • Education –  He had a broad Jewish and general education.4
  • Occupation – The Ba’al HaAkeidah headed a yeshivah in Zamora, and then served as rabbi for the communities of Tarragona and Fraga5 in Aragon. He attempted to found a yeshivah in Tarragona, but adequate funds were not forthcoming from the local community, which was taxed heavily by the authorities.6 He thus focused his energies on pulpit instruction, winning renown for his derashot (sermons), which were designed to counter the Christian sermons that Jews of Aragon were forced to attend. He later became rabbi of Calatayud, where he was able to found a yeshivah, revise his derashot for publication, and author other works.7 He is also known to have participated in several public disputations with Christian scholars.8
  • Family – R. Yitzchak had a son, R. Meir Arama, who fled with him to Naples, and who was an important scholar in his own right.9
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  • Contemporaries – R. Yitzchak Abarbanel<a href="#fn10">10</a>1010About R. Yitzchak Abarbanel
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  • Biblical commentaries – Akeidat Yitchak on the Torah,12 > commentary on the five Megillot,13  Yad Avshalom (commentary to Mishlei).14
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  • Jewish thought – Chazut Kashah15
  • Other works – R. Yitzchak authored poems and a commentary on Aristotle’s Ethics, which are now lost.
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Torah Commentary

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