Judah ben Solomon ha-Cohen
Judah ben Solomon ha-Cohen · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Philosopher, astronomer and mathematician; author of 'Midrash ha-Hokmah', the first great Hebrew scientific encyclopedia, corresponding with the court of Frederick II
c. 1215, Toledo, Castile (Spain) — c. 1274
Toledo, Spain · Tuscany, Italy
Judah ben Solomon ha-Cohen is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Philosopher, astronomer and mathematician; author of 'Midrash ha-Hokmah', the first great Hebrew scientific encyclopedia, corresponding with the court of Frederick II
Judah ben Solomon ha-Cohen was a thirteenth-century Spanish-Jewish philosopher, astronomer and mathematician, born and educated in Toledo, who wrote the Midrash ha-Hokmah — the first of the great Hebrew scientific encyclopedias, covering logic, natural science, mathematics and astronomy. A gifted young scholar, he corresponded from the age of eighteen with philosophers at the court of Emperor Frederick II and later worked in Italy. As a rabbinic scholar, he was Jewish.
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Philosopher, astronomer and mathematician; author of 'Midrash ha-Hokmah', the first great Hebrew scientific encyclopedia, corresponding with the court of Frederick II
Source: Jewish Encyclopedia
