Yosef Albo
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Yosef Albo was a 15th-century Spanish Jewish philosopher and rabbi best known for his work "Sefer ha-Ikkarim" ("Book of Principles"), a major treatise on Jewish dogma and theology.
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| Yosef Albo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6870840 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yosef Albo Context triple: [Joseph Albo, name, Yosef Albo]
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Moshe Cordovero
Moshe Cordovero was a 16th-century Safed rabbi and one of the most influential systematic thinkers and codifiers of Kabbalah.
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B.
R. Moshe Alshich
R. Moshe Alshich was a prominent 16th-century rabbi and biblical commentator, best known for his influential homiletic and exegetical works on the Torah and Prophets.
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C.
Hasdai Crescas
Hasdai Crescas was a medieval Spanish-Jewish philosopher and rabbi known for his influential critiques of Aristotelianism and his major work "Or Hashem" ("Light of the Lord").
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D.
Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
Moshe Chaim Luzzatto was an 18th-century Italian Jewish rabbi, kabbalist, and ethicist best known for his influential mussar work Mesillat Yesharim and other foundational texts in Jewish thought.
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E.
Yosef Karo
Yosef Karo was a preeminent 16th-century Sephardic rabbi and legal scholar best known as the author of the Shulchan Aruch, the foundational code of Jewish law.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yosef Albo
Target entity description: Yosef Albo was a 15th-century Spanish Jewish philosopher and rabbi best known for his work "Sefer ha-Ikkarim" ("Book of Principles"), a major treatise on Jewish dogma and theology.
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A.
Moshe Cordovero
Moshe Cordovero was a 16th-century Safed rabbi and one of the most influential systematic thinkers and codifiers of Kabbalah.
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B.
R. Moshe Alshich
R. Moshe Alshich was a prominent 16th-century rabbi and biblical commentator, best known for his influential homiletic and exegetical works on the Torah and Prophets.
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C.
Hasdai Crescas
Hasdai Crescas was a medieval Spanish-Jewish philosopher and rabbi known for his influential critiques of Aristotelianism and his major work "Or Hashem" ("Light of the Lord").
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D.
Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
Moshe Chaim Luzzatto was an 18th-century Italian Jewish rabbi, kabbalist, and ethicist best known for his influential mussar work Mesillat Yesharim and other foundational texts in Jewish thought.
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E.
Yosef Karo
Yosef Karo was a preeminent 16th-century Sephardic rabbi and legal scholar best known as the author of the Shulchan Aruch, the foundational code of Jewish law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish philosopher
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medieval Jewish philosopher ⓘ person ⓘ rabbi ⓘ theological treatise ⓘ |
| author | Yosef Albo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| century | 15th century ⓘ |
| country | Crown of Aragon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Crown of Castile ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 1380 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | circa 1444 ⓘ |
| era | Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Jews
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surface form:
Jewish people
|
| familyName | Albo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Jewish philosophy
ⓘ
religious law ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| genre |
Jewish apologetics
ⓘ
religious philosophy ⓘ |
| givenName | Yosef NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection | rabbinic literature ⓘ |
| influenced | later Jewish theologians ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hasdai Crescas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maimonides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Jewish dogma
ⓘ
Jewish theology ⓘ |
| movement | medieval Jewish philosophy ⓘ |
| nationality | Spanish ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
reduction of Jewish dogmas to essentials
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three fundamental principles of Judaism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Book of Principles
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sefer ha-Ikkarim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
philosopher
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rabbi ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| participant | Yosef Albo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Disputation of Tortosa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
ethics
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philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Scholasticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Monreal del Campo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Soria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| subjectOf | Jewish philosophical scholarship ⓘ |
| wroteInLanguage | Hebrew ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yosef Albo
Description of subject: Yosef Albo was a 15th-century Spanish Jewish philosopher and rabbi best known for his work "Sefer ha-Ikkarim" ("Book of Principles"), a major treatise on Jewish dogma and theology.
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