ALBO, YOSEF (fl. fifteenth century), Spanish Jewish philosopher. Albo was a student of the last major medieval Jewish philosopher, Ḥasdai Crescas (1340–1410), and a defender of Judaism in the Disputation of Tortosa (1413–1414). He...

Albo, Joseph(C. 1380–C. 1444) The Spanish-Jewish preacher and philosopher Joseph Albo was the last major figure of the philosophical surge in medieval Jewry. Little is known about his early life; he was probably born at Monreal, in the kingdom...

Albo, Joseph [addendum] Albo remains one of the lesser-studied philosophers of the medieval period, in part because his main work more apologetic than philosophical in nature. No full-length monograph has been written on him; rather, he is the subject...

(Hebrew ‘Articles’) Articles of faith. Many authorities have formulated the articles of Jewish faith. *Philo spoke of eight essential principles, *Maimonides set out thirteen principles and Joseph Albo argued for three ikkarim (the...

Joseph Albo (Hebrew: יוסף אלבו) (c. 1380–1444) was a Jewish philosopher and rabbi who lived in Spain during the fifteenth century, known chiefly as the author of Sefer ha-Ikkarim ("Book of Principles"), the classic work on the fundamentals of...

Thomas Jefferson made him do it. Or so says Springfield lawmaker and lawyer Dave Albo, who has been drumming up business among people who are trying to beat drunken-driving raps. You see, the 34-year-old Republican says, Jefferson "created this thing called a citizen...

Age: 39. Residence: West Springfield. Education: BA, economics, University of Virginia; JD, University of Richmond. Occupation: Lawyer, founding partner, Albo & Oblon LLP. Elected offices/civic activities: Prosecutor, City of Fairfax, 1991-94; guardian ad litem for abused and neglected children, 1989-...