Moses ibn Tibbon

Moses ben Samuel ibn Tibbon (* 1200, † around 1283) was a Jewish translator of the 13th century from the family of Ibn Tibbon.

Life

He was born the son of Samuel ibn Tibbon in Marseille and translated numerous works from the fields of philosophy, medicine, astronomy and mathematics from Arabic into Hebrew. His philosophical transfers include works of al -Farabi, the comment of Tabrisi about the 25 propositions as an introduction to Part II of the Guide of the Perplexed by Maimonides and the works of Aristotle with commentary by Averroes such as De Sensu et Sensato and De Generatione et corruptione. In addition, he translated works of Euclid, Hunayn ibn Ishaq and Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya ar - Razi, and wrote a commentary on the Pentateuch and the Song of Songs. In the latter work he follows the medieval way of interpreting and understanding the book as an allegory of the relationship between man and his soul.