Isaac ben Judah ibn Ghayyat (1030/1038-1089), commonly mispronounced ibn Ghiyyat, was a rabbi, Biblical commentator, codifier of Jewish law, philosopher, and liturgical poet from al-Andalus. He was born and lived in the town of Lucena in the Taifa of Granada, where he headed a rabbinic academy. He died in Cordoba.
Writers born in the 1030s 6
About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1038 to 1089 · aged 51
Written about in
6 languages
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