Yosef ha-Nagid
Yosef ha-Nagid | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | September 15, 1035 |
| Died | 1066 |
| Nationality | Taifa of Granada |
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| Occupation | Torah scholar, poet, communal leader |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Denomination | Sephardi Judaism |
| Profession | Vizier of the Taifa of Granada |
| Yeshiva | Granada |
Yosef ben Shmuel ha-Levi ha-Nagid (Joseph ibn Naghrela, or Joseph ha-Nagid; Hebrew: רבי יהוסף בן שמואל הלוי הנגיד Ribbi Yehosef ben Shemu'el ha-Lewi ha-Nagid; Arabic: ابو حسين بن النغريلة Abu Hussein bin Naghrela; Arabic: اأو حسين بن ٱلنغريلة, translit. Abū Ḥusayn ibn Naghrīla; 15 September 1035 – 30 December 1066) was a Jewish rabbi, scholar, poet and statesman in the Taifa of Granada in al-Andalus, and one of the early Rishonim of the post-Geonic period. He was the son of Rabbi Samuel ha-Nagid and son-in-law of Rabbi Nissim ben Jacob of Kairouan. Yosef was a vizier to the Berber monarch Badis ibn Habus, king of the Taifa of Granada, during the Moorish rule of al-Andalus, and the nagid or leader of the Iberian Jews.