Solomon ben Judah of Lunel (born 1411) (

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: שלמה בן יהודה) was a

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philosopher. His Provençal name was Solomon Vives. When he was only 13 years of age he composed, under the direction of his master,

Frat Maimon Frat Maimon (also known as ''Prat Maimon'' or ''Solomon ben Menaham'') was a French Jewish Provençal scholar. A liturgical poet, he flourished in the second half of the 14th century. The name "Frat" is, according to Neubauer,Ernest Renan and Ado ...

, a commentary on the ''Cuzari'' of

Judah ha-Levi Judah Halevi (also Yehuda Halevi or ha-Levi; he, יהודה הלוי and Judah ben Shmuel Halevi ; ar, يهوذا اللاوي ''Yahuḏa al-Lāwī''; 1075 – 1141) was a Spanish Jewish physician, poet and philosopher. He was born in Spain, ...

. This commentary is extant in manuscript (

A. Neubauer Adolf Neubauer (11 March 1831 in Bittse, Kingdom of Hungary, Hungary – 6 April 1907, London) was at the Bodleian Library and reader (academic rank), reader in Rabbinic Hebrew at Oxford University. Biography He was born in Bittse (Nagybicc ...

, ''Cat. Bodl. Hebr. MSS.'' No. 2383) under the title ''Ḥesheḳ Shelomoh.'' The young author displays in this work a considerable knowledge of the philosophical literature of his time. From a quotation made therein, it seems that Solomon wrote another commentary on the ''Ruaḥ Ḥen,'' which he wrongly attributes to

Samuel ibn Tibbon Samuel ben Judah ibn Tibbon ( 1150 – c. 1230), more commonly known as Samuel ibn Tibbon ( he, שמואל בן יהודה אבן תבון, ar, ابن تبّون), was a Jewish philosopher and doctor who lived and worked in Provence, later part ...

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Moritz Steinschneider Moritz Steinschneider (30 March 1816, Prostějov, Moravia, Austrian Empire – 24 January 1907, Berlin) was a Moravian bibliographer and Orientalist. He received his early instruction in Hebrew from his father, Jacob Steinschneider ( 1782; ...

, ''Hebr. Bibl.'' xvi.127; *

Ernest Renan Joseph Ernest Renan (; 27 February 18232 October 1892) was a French Orientalist and Semitic scholar, expert of Semitic languages and civilizations, historian of religion, philologist, philosopher, biblical scholar, and critic. He wrote influe ...

, ''Les Ecrivains Juifs Français,'' p. 412; * Henri Gross, ''Gallia Judaica,'' p. 290.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lunel, Solomon Ben Judah Of 1411 births Jewish philosophers Year of death unknown