Sefer HaIkkarim - BOOK OF PRINCIPLES

Jewish Philosophy

Kabbalist Rabbi

oseph 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 Judaism.

Albo's birthplace is generally assumed to be Monreal del Campo, a town in Aragon. This is based on Astruc ha-Levi's report of the religious debate held at Tort...