Dictionary of Jewish Biography

IBN TZADDIK, JOSEPH BEN JACOB

(c.1075-c.1149)
Spanish philosopher and poet. From 1138 he served as a dayyan at Cordoba. His philosophical studyOlam Katonexplores cosmology, the nature of man, and his relation to the external world. This work was influenced by Neoplatonism and Aristotelian concepts.