Dunash ben Tamim
Dunash ben Tamim · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Physician, astronomer and grammarian at Kairouan; wrote on astronomy, medicine and comparative Hebrew-Arabic linguistics
c. 890, Kairouan, Ifriqiya (present-day Tunisia)
Ifriqiya (present-day Tunisia)
Dunash ben Tamim is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Physician, astronomer and grammarian at Kairouan; wrote on astronomy, medicine and comparative Hebrew-Arabic linguistics
Dunash ben Tamim was a tenth-century Jewish physician, astronomer and grammarian at Kairouan, a leading center of Jewish learning in North Africa. He wrote a commentary on the mystical Sefer Yetzirah and pioneering works comparing Hebrew and Arabic, alongside treatises on astronomy and medicine. He was a Jew of the classical Judeo-Arabic culture.
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Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
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Physician, astronomer and grammarian at Kairouan; wrote on astronomy, medicine and comparative Hebrew-Arabic linguistics
Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
