Yehuda Aryeh Leon Bibas | |
|---|---|
| Personal life | |
| Born | circa 1789 |
| Died | April 6, 1852 |
| Nationality | Gibraltarian |
| Occupation | Rabbi, Physician |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Position | Precursor of modern Zionism |
| Main work | Various odes, prayers, and sermons |
| Buried | Old Jewish Cemetery in Hebron |
Yehuda Aryeh Leon Bibas (or Judah Bibas) (Hebrew: יהודה אריה ליאון ביבאס) (c.1789 – April 6, 1852) was a Sephardic rabbi, the rabbi of Corfu and was the first of the precursors of modern Zionism.[1]
- ^ Israel, Yael Weiler (January 2014). "Religion, Nationalism and a new Annunciation: Rabbi Dr. Yehuda Aryeh Leon Bibas precursor of Zionism [Heb.] דת, לאומיות ובשורה חדשה: הרב ד"ר יהודה אריה ליאון ביבאס מבשר הציונות". Et Lehanena [Heb.] 2014 עת לחננה, (קובץ מאמרים בעריכת: אסף ידידיה), יד בן-צבי, ירושלים.