cultured product, would not have been known to primitives who lived like animals. Yet Abarbanel dismissed all these derogatory notions when defending the behavior of actual Blacks living in Portugal." Legacy The Synagogue Don Isaac Abravanel in Paris, France, was named in his memory. See also Jewish commentaries on the Bible References Further reading Bar Eitan, Zev (2012). Abravanel’s World of Torah: Series. Torah Renaissance Press. Elazar Ari Lipinski: Pesach - A holiday of questions. About the Haggadah-Commentary Zevach Pesach of Rabbi Isaak Abarbanel (1437–1508). Published first in German in the official quarterly of the Organization of the Jewish Communities of Bavaria: Jüdisches Leben in Bayern. Mitteilungsblatt des Landesverbandes der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinden in Bayern. Pessach-Ausgabe = Nr. 109, 2009, , S. 3–4. Sid Leiman: Abarbanel and the Censor . An article by Professor Sid Leiman regarding censorship of Abarbanel's works and on the proper pronunciation of his name. Eran Viezel, ‘Isaac Abravanel’s Question and Joseph Hayyun’s Answer: A New Stage in the Issue of Moses’ Role in the Composition of the Torah,’ Religious Studies and Theology 35 (2016), pp. 53-72 External links Short biography of Isaac Abravanel Abrabanel Columbia Encyclopedia entry Seder Hagadah shel Pesḥ Haggadot with commentary provided by Isaac Abarbanel, at the Leo Baeck Institute, New York 1437 births 1508 deaths 15th-century philosophers 15th-century Portuguese businesspeople 15th-century Portuguese rabbis Isaac Bible commentators Court Jews Jewish philosophers Jews expelled from Spain in 1492 Rabbis from Lisbon Portuguese refugees 16th-century Venetian businesspeople 15th-century Jewish biblical scholars 16th-century Jewish biblical scholars 15th-century Castilian rabbis 16th-century Castilian rabbis