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Ibn Ghayyat, Judah ben Isaac
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
Spanish Talmudist and Hebrew poet of the twelfth century. He was the author of a Hebrew translation, from the Arabic, of a casuistic dissertation of Isaac Alfasi on a passage of Shebu'ot. As a poet Judah ibn Ghayyat was held in great esteem by Judah ha-Levi, who composed four poems in his honor (see L. Dukes in "Kokbe Yiẓḥaḳ," 26:16-19). Ibn Ghayyat is also mentioned as a poet by Shem-Ṭob Palquera and by Al-Ḥarizi ("Taḥkemoni," ).
Bibliography:- Gross, Gallia Judaica, p. 412;
- Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, p. 393.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Ibn Ghayyat, Judah ben Isaac'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​i/ibn-ghayyat-judah-ben-isaac.html. 1901.