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1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Bedaresi, Yedaiah

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15837611911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 3 — Bedaresi, Yedaiah

BEDARESI, YEDAIAH (1270–1340), Jewish poet, physician and philosopher of Provence. His most successful work was an ethical treatise, Behinath ‘Olam (Examination of the World), a didactic poem in thirty-seven short sections. The work is still very popular. It was translated into English by Tobias Goodman.