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Born c.910 • Tortosa • Spain
Died c.970 • Córdoba • Spain
Ibn Janāḥ
Spanish-Jewish grammarian
Elijah Bokher Levita
Italian grammarian
Camilo José Cela
Camilo José Cela
Spanish writer
David Kimhi
European scholar
Profiat Duran
Spanish philosopher
Menéndez Pidal, Ramón
Ramón Menéndez Pidal
Spanish scholar
Alexander Kohut
American rabbi and scholar
Moses Kimhi
European scholar
Moses Maimonides
Moses Maimonides
Jewish philosopher, scholar, and physician
Moses De León
Spanish Kabbalist
Joseph ben Ephraim Karo
Jewish scholar
Abraham ben Meir ibn Ezra
Spanish-Jewish scholar
Samuel ha-Nagid
Spanish-Jewish scholar and statesman
Solomon ben Abraham Adret
Spanish rabbi
Ḥasdai ben Abraham Crescas
Spanish philosopher
Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda
Jewish philosopher
Abraham ben David Halevi ibn Daud
Jewish physician and historian
Joseph Gikatilla
Spanish Kabbalist
Naḥmanides
Spanish scholar and rabbi
Abraham bar Hiyya
Spanish-Jewish philosopher and scientist