Moses ben Shem-Tob ibn Habib

Moses ben Shem-Tob ibn Ḥabib (Hebrew: משה בן שם־טוב אִבְּן חביב, romanized: Moše ben Šemṭov ibn Ḥaviv; c.1450c.1520) was a Hebrew grammarian, poet, translator, and philosopher.

Moses ben Shem-Tob ibn Ḥabib
Bornc.1450
Lisbon, Portugal
Diedc.1520
Southern Italy
OccupationGrammarian, poet, translator, philosopher
LanguageHebrew

A native of Lisbon, he left his native country before the Jewish expulsion. He resided in the Levant for a time before relocating to southern Italy, where he died in the early 16th century.

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