IBN SHEMTOV, JOSEPH BEN SHEMTOV

(c.1400-c.1460)

Spanish philosopher. He served in the Castilian court of King John II and his successor Henry IV. In 1452 he was sent to Segovia to suppress an anti-Semitic movement. Later he wandered around the country giving lectures. HisKevod Elohimis a theological study which seeks to find a compromise betweenMaimonidesand the anti-philosophical views of contemporary Jewish scholars.