Isaac ibn Latif

Isaac ibn Latif (c. 1210–1280) was a Jewish philosopher, who lived most of his life in Toledo. In 1238 he published his first work, a treatise named sha'ar ha-shama'yim ("heaven's gate"), a commentary on Koheles (Ecclesiastes). Artscroll's Koheles cites from his work.

Other works

Other works by ibn Latif include

• Iggeret ha-Teshuvah and
• Tsurat ha-Olam (published 1260; printed 1860 in Vienna).

The earliest printing of his Sefer Rov Po'a'lim ספר פעלים, was in 1885.

Family

His father's name was Abraham (אברהם); he had a son named Moses (משה).

References

• Shoey Raz: Latif, Isaac b. Abraham ibn. In: Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2. edition, Vol. 12, Detroit 2007, pp. 506–507 (online)
• Dan Cohn-Sherbok: Medieval Jewish Philosophy. Routledge 1996, , pp. 117–119 ()
• Harvey J. Hames: The Art of Conversion: Christianity and Kabbalah in the Thirteenth Century. Brill 2000, , pp. 56–57 ()