Dar Al Hayat on Abou Al-Hassan Al-Liwi

This is an excerpt from an article on the promotion of the Arabic language:

Even the Jewish Andalusian scholar Mimonides, Moussa Bin Maymun, used the Arabic language in the texts he wrote in the fields of medicine, astrology, sports, logic, and philosophy though he commanded the Jewish language. Even his book Dalalat Al-Ha'ireen was originally written in Arabic. So did the Jewish scholar and philosopher Abou Al-Hassan Al-Liwi who was the best Hebrew poet in the Middle Ages; however, his mastery of the Arabic language made him use it to interpret the Jewish language.

I guess that's R. Yehuda HaLevi. The elaborate Arabic name still doesn't beat the one I once noted for the Rambam at Islam Online: Abu 'Imran Musa ibn Maymun ibn 'Ubayd Allah.

Tags: Arabic, Rambam, R. Yehuda HaLevi