The Jewish philosopher and statesman Isaac ben Judah Abravanel (1437-1508), or Abarbanel, is noted for his biblical commentaries and for his attempt to prevent the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492. Isaac Abravanel, a descendant of an old and...

ABRAVANEL, ISAAC (1437–1508), known as Abravanel, Abrabanel, and Abarbanel; Spanish-Portuguese biblical commentator, theologian, and philosopher. Born in Lisbon into a wealthy Jewish family from Seville, Isaac ben Judah Abravanel succeeded his...

Isaac ben Judah or Yitzchak ben Yehuda Abravanel (1437 - 1508) (Hebrew: יצחק בן יהודה אברבנאל) was a Jewish statesman, philosopher, Bible commentator, and financier. He was a scion of the Abravanel family. In many works he is referred...

FIRST, a word of background about my perspectives concerning Isaac Stern. I knew him in many different contexts, and in all of them he was a forceful leader, a creative thinker, a charming companion, and a resolute fighter. We became friendly in the context...

James Gleick. Isaac Newton. New York: Vintage, 2003. "Isaac Newton said he had seen further by standing on the shoulders of giants, but he did not believe it. He was born into a world of darkness, obscurity, and magic; led a strangely pure...