Wikipedia's first sentence called it “spanish historian and physician”. Today it says “spanish-born sephardic jewish historian”.
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Solomon ibn Verga (or Salomón ben Verga , c. 1460 – 1554) ( Hebrew : שלמה אבן וירגה ) was a Spanish historian and physician, and author of the Shevet Yehudah (Hebrew: שבט יהודה - " Scepter of Judah ").1His relationship to Judah ibn Verga cannot be determined; it is certain, however, that he was not the son of the latter, for he never refers to Judah as his father.2 Schudt (1718) was apparently misled by the title of the Shebeṭ Yehudah when he called its author "Solomon ben Schefet". His surname is of Berber origin (related to common Berber-Jewish names like Ergas and Ergaz), which suggests that his family was native to northern Africa. [1] Jewish names and their origins3
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Solomon Ibn Verga (or Salomón ben Verga , 15th-16th century) ( Hebrew : שלמה אבן וירגה ) was a Spanish historian and physician. His relationship to Judah ibn Verga cannot be determined; it is certain, however, that he was not the son of the latter, for he never refers to Judah as his father. Schudt was apparently misled by the title of the Shebeṭ Yehudah when he called its author "Solomon ben Schefet".
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Solomon ibn Verga or Salomón ben Verga ( , c. 1460 – 1554) was a Spanish historian, physician, and author of the Shevet Yehudah (Hebrew: - " Scepter of Judah "). His relationship to Judah ibn Verga cannot be determined; it is certain, however, that he was not the son of the latter, for he never refers to Judah as his father. Schudt (1718) was apparently misled by the title of the Shebeṭ Yehudah when he called its author "Solomon ben Schefet." Jüdische Merkwürdigkeiten , i. 131.
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Solomon ibn Verga or Salomón ben Verga ( , c. 1460 – 1554) was a Spanish historian, physician, and author of the Shevet Yehudah (Hebrew: שבט יהודה - " Scepter of Judah "). His relationship to Judah ibn Verga cannot be determined; it is certain, however, that he was not the son of the latter, for he never refers to Judah as his father. Schudt (1718) was apparently misled by the title of the Shebeṭ Yehudah when he called its author "Solomon ben Schefet." Jüdische Merkwürdigkeiten , i. 131.
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Spanish Jewish chronicler (1460–1554) Solomon ibn Verga or Salomón ben Verga ( Hebrew : שלמה אבן וירגה , c. 1460 – 1554) was a Spanish-born Sephardic Jewish historian, physician, and author of the Shevet Yehudah (Hebrew: שבט יהודה – " Scepter of Judah ").He was the nephew of Judah ibn Verga . Schudt (1718) was apparently misled by the title of the Shebeṭ Yehudah when he called its author "Solomon ben Schefet." Bianchi, Francesco (2020-08-01).
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spanish historian and physician
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spanish-born sephardic jewish historian
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