Dictionary of Jewish Biography
ABULAFIA, MEIR BEN TODROS HALEVI
(1170-1244)
Spanish talmudist and poet. He wrote about halakhah, masorah and the controversy overMaimonides'opinion on the subject of resur-rection. He also composed Hebrew poetry.
- abulafia, meir ben todros halevi—ca. The rabbi Meir Abulafia was the most important Castilian scholar of the Talmud during the first half of the th century. Abulafia was born in Burgos Spain about and ...Encyclopedia of medieval literature