Basila, Abiad

Basila, Abiad a Jewish rabbi, who died at Mantua in 1743, is the author of סֵ8 8 אֶמוּנִת חֲכָמַים. or a philosophy of Judaism (Mantua, 1730; Lemberg, 1858), in which he defends Judaism against Greek andi Christian philosophers. See De' Rossi, Dizionario Storico (Germ. transl.), p. 53; Furst, Bibl. Jud. i, 92; Benjacob, Ozar Ha-Sepharim, or Thesaurus Liborum Hebraicorunm (Wilna, 1880), i, 41, No. 769. (B. P.)