# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bahya-ben-asher
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:19:19.246Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bahya-ben-asher"
name: "Bahya ben Asher"
slug: "bahya-ben-asher"
description: "Bahya ben Asher ibn Halawa was a rabbi and scholar of Judaism, best known as a commentator on the Hebrew Bible. \nHe is one of two scholars now referred to as Rabbeinu Behaye, the other being philosopher Bahya ibn Paquda."
tagline: "Spanish rabbi"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1255"
deathDate: "1340"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.52
  momentum:             2.802197802197802
  historical:           8.099354666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "باهيا بين اشير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachja_ben_Ascher"
    title: "Bachja ben Ascher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahya_ben_Asher"
    title: "Bahya ben Asher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahya_ben_Asher"
    title: "Bahya ben Asher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%97%D7%99%D7%99_%D7%91%D7%9F_%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%A8"
    title: "בחיי בן אשר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahya_ben_Asher"
    title: "Bahya ben Asher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahya_ben_Asher"
    title: "Bahya ben Asher"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%8C%D1%8F_%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%90%D1%88%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Бахья бен Ашер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q458707"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump