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Joseph Karo

1488 - 1575

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Joseph ben Ephraim Karo, also spelled Yosef Caro, or Qaro (Hebrew: יוסף קארו; 1488 – March 24, 1575, 13 Nisan 5335 A.M.), was a prominent Sephardic Jewish rabbi renowned as the author of the last great codification of Jewish law, the Beit Yosef, and its popular analogue, the Shulhan Arukh. Karo is regarded as the preeminent halakhic authority of his time, and is often referred to by the honorific titles HaMechaber (Hebrew: הַמְחַבֵּר, lit. 'the author') and Maran (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: מָרַן, lit. 'our master'). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Karo is the 1,561st most popular writer (down from 1,088th in 2019), the 544th most popular biography from Spain (down from 359th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Spanish Writer.

Joseph Karo was a rabbi and legal scholar who wrote the Shulchan Aruch, which is a compilation of Jewish law.

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Among writers, Joseph Karo ranks 1,561 out of 7,302. Before him are Hovhannes Tumanyan, Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi, Banine, John Brunner, Shammai, and Felice Romani. After him are Forough Farrokhzad, Lina Heydrich, Al-Khansa, Ödön von Horváth, Jean de Meun, and Gottfried August Bürger.

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Among people born in 1488, Joseph Karo ranks 11. Before him are Germaine of Foix, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Lütfi Pasha, Ferdinand Columbus, Sebastian Münster, and Charles II, Duke of Savoy. After him are Otto Brunfels, Johannes Magnus, Gustav Trolle, Jan Tarnowski, Alonso Berruguete, and Heinrich Glarean. Among people deceased in 1575, Joseph Karo ranks 7. Before him are Claude of France, Pieter Aertsen, Matthias Flacius, Jan Matsys, Antonis Mor, and Heinrich Bullinger. After him are Francesco Maurolico, Cornelis Floris de Vriendt, Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern, Marcin Bielski, Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Sophia Jagiellon, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Joseph Karo ranks 544 out of 3,355. Before him are Ramon Muntaner (1265), Hisham III of Córdoba (975), Galswintha (540), Marià Fortuny (1838), Santiago Rusiñol (1861), and João da Nova (1460). After him are Infanta Beatriz of Spain (1909), Luis Ocaña (1945), Witteric (570), Mikel Arteta (1982), Peter I of Aragon and Pamplona (1068), and María Zambrano (1904).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Joseph Karo ranks 53. Before him are José de Espronceda (1808), Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1939), Ibn al-Khatib (1313), Rafael Alberti (1902), Ausiàs March (1400), and Sabino Arana (1865). After him are Ildefonsus (607), Antonio de Nebrija (1441), Ramón del Valle-Inclán (1866), Mateo Alemán (1547), Caterina Albert (1869), and Josep Pla (1897).

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