Isaac ibn Latif (c. 1210-1280) was a Jewish philosopher, who lived most of his life in Toledo. In 1238 he published his first work, a treatise named sha'ar ha-shama'yim ("heaven's gate"), a commentary on Koheles (Ecclesiastes). Artscroll's Koheles cites from his work. Other works Other works by ibn Latif include Iggeret ha-Teshuvah and Tsurat ha-Olam (published 1260; printed 1860 in Vienna). The earliest printing of his Sefer Rov Po'a'lim ספר פעלים, was in 1885. Family His father's name was Abraham (אברהם) ; he had a son named Moses (משה). References Shoey Raz: Latif, Isaac b. Abraham ibn. In: Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2. edition, Vol. 12, Detroit 2007, pp. 506–507 (online) Dan Cohn-Sherbok: Medieval Jewish Philosophy. Routledge 1996, , pp. 117–119 () Harvey J. Hames: The Art of Conversion: Christianity and Kabbalah in the Thirteenth Century. Brill 2000, , pp. 56–57 () 13th-century Castilian Jews 1210 births 1280 deaths Spanish philosophers Medieval Jewish philosophers People from Toledo, Spain Neoplatonists