Abravanel ’ s exegetic writings were different from the usual biblical commentaries because he took social and political issues of the times into consideration.

This may have had something to do with Abravanel ’ s openness towards the Christian religion, since he worked closely with Messianic ideas found within Judaism.

Because of this, Abravanel ’ s works were translated and distributed within the world of Christian scholarship.

Abravanel was essentially an opponent of philosophy, despite his authority on the subject, because his entire understanding of the Jewish religion was based on God ’ s revelation in Jewish history.

There is a common misconception that Abravanel agreed with Maimonidean views ; while sometimes their ideas matched up, most of Abravanel ’ s thoughts strongly disagreed with those of Maimonides.

A plot was hatched to kidnap Judah ’ s son as an attempt to persuade the Abravanel family to convert to Christianity and, ultimately, to remain in the service of the Catholic Monarchs.

) Abravanel ’ s Dialoghi is notably one of the first original philosophical compositions to be published in the vernacular ( as opposed to Latin ).

In his Dialoghi d ' amore, Judah ( Leon ) Abravanel seeks to define love in philosophical terms.

SBT is owned by Silvio Santos ( born Senor Abravanel ) ( a Brazilian TV host ), and its studios are located in São Paulo.

Silvio Santos ( real name Senor Abravanel, born on December 12, 1930 ) is a Brazilian TV show host and entrepreneur.

The Abravanel family ( Hebrew אברבנאל, also spelled as Abarbanel, Abrabanel, or Barbernell, literally meaning Ab ( father ) Rabban ( priest ) El ( of God ) is one of the oldest and most distinguished Jewish families of the Iberian peninsula ; they trace their origin from the biblical King David.

Seville is where its most prominent representative, Don Judah Abravanel, once dwelt.

There was a Ladino proverb in Thessaloniki saying " Ya basta mi nombre ke es Abravanel " meaning " It is sufficient that my name is Abravanel ".

* Senor Abravanel, artistic name Silvio Santos, is a famous TV show host in Brazil and owner of SBT, the country's second biggest television network.

The Tabernacle is the home of the world-renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and was the previous home of the Utah Symphony Orchestra until the construction of Abravanel Hall.

Abravanel is remembered for making the first-ever complete recording of the nine Mahler symphonies, as well as classic recordings of the Berlioz Requiem, several orchestral works by Edgar Varèse, and Vaughan Williams.

The Utah Symphony has its home in Abravanel Hall, which is acclaimed as one of the world's great concert halls-having won awards for both its architecture and its extraordinary acoustics.

Judah ( or Leon, as he is known in Spanish ) was the son of Isaac ben Judah Abravanel, ( meaning Isaac “ son of Judah ” Abravenel ) who, according to Soria was “ the last great commentator of the Bible of Medieval Jewry ” ( 12 ).

Yet Abravanel dismissed all these derogatory notions when defending the behavior of actual Blacks living in Portugal.

His third apologetic work contains a collection of Messianic passages of the Bible and their interpretations, in the course of which latter Abravanel criticises the Christian interpretation of these passages.

Under Abravanel, the orchestra first recorded with Vanguard Records and then with Vox Records ; many of these performances, including a complete set of the symphonies of Tchaikovsky, have been reissued on CD.

A disciple of these renowned Jewish scholars, Abravanel was also influenced by the Hellenic spirit of the Renaissance.

Isaac Abravanel developed many works during his lifetime which are often categorized into three groups: exegesis, philosophy, and apologetics.

His Commentaries abound in references to Talmud, Midrash and Zohar, but contain scant references to other commentaries, such as the works of Abravanel, R. Levi ben Gershon or Maimonides.

* 1903 – Maurice Abravanel, Greek-born conductor ( d. 1993 )

** Maurice Abravanel, Greek-born conductor ( b. 1903 )

* January 6 – Maurice Abravanel, Greek-born conductor ( d. 1993 )

* Isaac Abravanel flees Portugal after being implicated in a plot against the king.

* Judah Abravanel becomes personal physician to the viceroy of Naples.

Isaac Abravanel, his " Rosh Amanah ," took the same attitude towards Maimonides ' creed.

Isaac Abravanel, statesman, philosopher, Bible commentator, and financier who commented on Maimonides ' thirteen principles in his Rosh Amanah.

Isaac Abravanel was born and raised in Lisbon ; a student of the Rabbi of Lisbon, Yosef ben Shlomo Ibn Yahya.

Judah Leon Abravanel was Portuguese physician, poet and philosopher.

This was a devastating insult to Judah and his family, and was a source of bitterness throughout Judah's life and the topic of his writings years later ; especially since this was not the first time the Abravanel Family was subjected to such embarrassment at the hands of the Catholic Church.

The first important recordings of his orchestral music, including the symphony A Night in the Tropics, were made for Vanguard Records by Maurice Abravanel and the Utah Symphony Orchestra.

Many prominent Jewish thinkers, such as Maimonides, see monarchy as a moral ideal, while others, such as Abravanel, disparage the model of monarchy.

The Utah Symphony was founded in 1940 by Maurice Abravanel and performs at Abravanel Hall, a modern concert hall in downtown Salt Lake City.

Notable conductors of this work include: Maurice Abravanel, Leonard Bernstein, André Previn & José Serebrier.

He wrote also a work on redemption, from which Isaac Abravanel appropriated many ideas.

If among Jews he exercised for a long time only through Joseph Albo any perceptible influence, though he was studied, for instance, by Don Isaac Abravanel, who controverts especially his Messianic theories, and by Abram Shalom in his Neveh Shalom, Crescas ' work was of prime and fundamental importance through the part it had in the shaping of Baruch Spinoza's system.

* Abravanel Hall-home of the Utah Symphony Orchestra.

" According to Moses Almosnino, Isaac Abravanel desired to translate the " Quæstio de Spiritualibus Creaturis.

" Abravanel indeed seems to have been well acquainted with the philosophy of Aquinas, whom he mentions in his work " Mif ' alot Elohim " ( vi.

Don Judah Abravanel and his family later fled to Lisbon, Portugal, where they reverted to Judaism and filled important governmental posts.