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| | Abenezra (Ibn Ezra) - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | He was born at Toledo, left his native land of Spain before 1140 and led until his death a life of restless wandering, which took him to North Africa, Egypt, Italy (Rome, Lucca, Mantua,Verona), Southern France(Narbonne, Beziers), Northern France (Dreux), England (London), and back again to the South of France. |
 | | One writing in particular, which belongs to this province (Yosod Mera), on the division and the reasons for the Biblical commandments, he wrote in 1158 for a London friend, Joseph b. |
 | | In his philosophical thought neo-platonic ideas prevail; and astrology also had a place in his view of the world. |
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