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Yosef Ibn ʿAqnīn

بيانات التعريف

Gender
Male
Social role
  • Jewish community member
Other name
Yosef b. Yehuda b. Yosef b. Yaʿaqov

Description / Bio

Philosopher, ca. 1160–1222. Lived in Seville. Fled al-Andalus some time after the Almohad invasion. See Norman Roth, "Joseph b. Judah Ibn Aknin," in Norman Roth, ed., Medieval Jewish Civilization: An Encyclopedia (New York and London: Routledge, 2003), 341–48.

Alan Elbaum, "Yosef Ibn ʿAqnīn," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/yosef-ibn-aqnin/, accessed August 11, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/yosef-ibn-aqnin/