13 Facts About Isaac Abravanel

Isaac Abravanel used his high position, and the great wealth he had inherited from his father, to aid his co-religionists.

Isaac Abravanel wrote to his learned and wealthy friend, Vitale Nissim da Pisa, on behalf of the captives.

Isaac Abravanel left Spain with his fellow Jews and went to Naples, where, soon after, he entered the service of the king.

Isaac Abravanel died in Venice in 1508 and was buried in Padua next to its rabbi, Judah Minz.

Isaac Abravanel's philosophy dealt with the sciences and how the general field relates to the Jewish religion and traditions, and his apologetics defend, the idea of the Messiah in Judaism while criticizing the Christian version.

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Isaac Abravanel believed that mere commentary was not enough, but that the actual lives of the Jewish people must be deliberated on, as well, when discussing such an important topic as the Bible.

Isaac Abravanel took the time to include an introduction concerning the character of each book on which he commented, as well as its date of composition, and the intention of the original author, to make the works more accessible to the average reader.

Isaac Abravanel's commentaries are divided into chapters, each of which is preceded by a list of questions or difficulties that he sets out to explain over the course of the chapter.

Isaac Abravanel vehemently fought the extreme rationalism of philosophical interpretation, as well as interpretations based on philosophical allegory.

Isaac Abravanel quoted extensively from the Midrash, but allowed himself to criticize his source, when in his view, it did not align with the literal meaning of the text.

Isaac Abravanel explains, "I shall not refrain from pointing to the weakness inherent in their statements where they are homiletical in nature and are not accepted by them as authoritative" .

Isaac Abravanel is impelled to this by the fact that Daniel furnishes the foundation for his Messianic theory.

Isaac Abravanel concluded that the servitude of animalistic black Africans should be perpetual.