[hah-lee-vahy, -ley-vee] 
(Judah ben Samuel Halevi ) 1085–1140, Spanish rabbi, physician, poet, and philosopher. |
Judah ha-Levi
Jewish poet and religious philosopher. His works were the culmination of the development of Hebrew poetry within the Arabic cultural sphere. Among his major works are the poems collected in Diwan, the "Zionide" poems celebrating Zion, and the Sefer ha-Kuzari ("Book of the Khazar"), presenting his philosophy of Judaism in dialogue form
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