Aben-Ezra

Aben-Ezra, properly Abraham-Ben-Meir-Ben-Esra, born 1093 at Toledo, died 1168 in Rome, was one of the most learned Jews of his time, distinguished for his knowledge of philosophy, mathematics, astronomy, and medicine. He visited France, Egypt, and England, and passed the later years of his life in Rome; everywhere giving lectures on grammar, theology, and astronomy. He left treatises on astrology and some poems; but his most important works are his Commentaries on the Old Testament.