Abraham Gabishon
Abraham ben Jacob Gabishon (Hebrew: אברהם גבישון; died 1605)[1] was a Jewish physician and scholar.
Biography
[edit]Gabishon was of Sephardic descent, tracing his family origins to Granada. He began practicing medicine in Algiers during the Ottoman rule in 1574, where he acquired a large medical practice.
Gabishon was the author of a commentary on the Book of Proverbs titled ‘Omer ha-Shikḥah ("Sheaf of Forgetfulness"), in which he references Meiri and Levi ben Gershon.[1] Well versed in Arabic literature, Gabishon often cites Arabic proverbs which elucidate the biblical text. Appended to ‘Omer ha-Shikḥah are several didactic poems authored by Gabishon, accompanied by annotations written by his son, Jacob, and additional poems by his grandson, also named Abraham.
Publications
[edit]- Gabishon, Abraham (1748). 'Omer ha-Shikḥah (in Hebrew). Livorno.[3]
References
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gottheil, Richard; Broydé, Isaac (1903). "Gabishon, Abraham ben Jacob". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 540.
- 1 2 Fuenn, Shmuel Yosef (1886). Knesset Yisrael: zikhronot le-toldot gedole Yisrael ha-nodaʻim la-shem be-toratam, be-ḥokhmatam, uve-maʻasehem [The Assembly of Israel: A Biographical Lexicon of the Great Persons of Israel Known for their Scholarship, Wisdom, and Deeds] (in Hebrew). Warsaw: Boymriter & Gonshor. pp. 16–17.
- ↑ Steinschneider, Moritz (1852–60). "Abraham Gavison". Catalogus Librorum Hebræorum in Bibliotheca Bodleiana (in Latin). Berlin: A. Friedlaender. p. 690.
- ↑ Zedner, Joseph (1867). Catalogue of the Hebrew Books in the Library of the British Museum. London: Wertheimer, Lea and Co.
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