Hasdai ibn Shaprut
Hasdai ibn Shaprut · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Physician, statesman and patron of science; sponsored Hebrew scholarship and translation at the caliphal court of Cordoba
c. 915, Jaén, Al-Andalus (Spain) — c. 970, Córdoba, Al-Andalus (Spain)
Córdoba · Al-Andalus
Hasdai ibn Shaprut is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Physician, statesman and patron of science; sponsored Hebrew scholarship and translation at the caliphal court of Cordoba
Hasdai ibn Shaprut was a Jewish physician, diplomat and financier who served the Umayyad caliph of Córdoba and used his position to make the city a great centre of Hebrew learning. He sponsored grammarians, poets and translators, corresponded with the distant Jewish kingdom of the Khazars, and helped launch the golden age of Sephardi Jewish scholarship. He was a practising Jew and leader of the Jewish community of Al-Andalus.
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Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
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Physician, statesman and patron of science; sponsored Hebrew scholarship and translation at the caliphal court of Cordoba
Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
