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Jacob Abendana ( 1630- 1695) was rabbi (haham) of the Spanish Jews in London from 1681. Though he was likely born in Spain, his Marrano family moved to Hamburg when he was a child. He later moved to Amsterdam to assume a position in the Jewish community, which consisted mostly of refugees from the Inquisition. Together with his brother, Isaac Abendana, he wrote Lekket Shikchah, a commentary on the Pentateuch, the Book of Joshua, and part of the Book of JudgesJudges is a book of the Bible; it appears in the Hebrew Bible and in the Christian Old Testament. Its title refers to its contents; it contains the history of judges who helped rule and guide the Israelites. Meaning of the title The book derives its name.Abendana maintained friendly correspondence with a number of Christian scholars. With one of them, Antonius Hulsius , he enetered into a polemical discussion of the verse in the Book of HaggaiThe Book of Haggai is a book in the Bible Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh, written by the prophet Haggai. It consists of two brief, comprehensive chapters. The object of the prophet was generally to urge the people to proceed with the rebuilding of the se: "The latter splendor of this house shall be greater than the former" (2:9), which Hulsius attempted to prove was a reference to the ChurchThis article is about the Christian buildings of worship. For other uses of the word, see Church (disambiguation . Stanford University. A church is a building used in Christian worship. See also altar, altar rails, confessional, dome, nave, pew, pulpit, s. When Hulsius published the correspondence in 1669Events Samuel Pepys stopped writing his diary. The Mogul Emperor Aurangzeb destroys several Hindu temples and banned the whole religion, so Hindus rebel. Antonio Stradivari makes his first violin Famine in Bengal kills 3 million people The Hanseatic Leagu, Abendana responded with a SpanishThis article is about the international language known as Spanish. For other languages spoken in Spain see Languages of Spain Spanish is an Iberian Romance language, and the third or fourth most spoken language in the world. It is spoken as a first langua translation of Rabbi Judah Halevi's KuzariThe Kuzari is the most famous work by the medieval Spanish Jewish writer Yehuda Halevi. The work is divided into five essays ("ma'amarim"), and takes the form of a dialogue between the pagan king of the Khazars and a Jew who had been invited to instruct h.
In 1681, Abendena was appointed haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in London. Over the following years, he completed a Spanish-language translation of the MishnahThe Mishnah ( Hebrew "Repetition") is a major source of rabbinic Judaism's religious texts. It is the first recording of the oral law of the Jewish people, as championed by the Pharisees. It was redacted by Judah haNasi around the year 200 CE. It is consi, along with the commentaries of Maimonides and Obadiah of Bertinoro. The work was frequently cited by Christian theologians, though it was never published. Abendana died in London in 1695.
Abendana, Jacob
