Caleb Afendopolo
Male, Deceased Person
– 1499
Who was Caleb Afendopolo?
Caleb Afendopolo was a Jewish polyhistor. He was the brother of Samuel ha-Ramati, Ḽakam of the Karaite congregations in Constantinople and of Judah Bali, brother-in-law and disciple of Elijah Bashyatzi.
According to a notice found in a Paris manuscript, he supported himself by giving private instruction; but this is questioned by Steinschneider. A pupil of Mordecai Comtino at Adrianople, Afendopolo attained great proficiency in science, and, while lacking depth and originality of thought, distinguished himself by prolific literary production, based on his large library, that included rare manuscripts, partly bought, partly copied by himself. He continued Adderet Eliyahu, a work on Karaite law left unfinished in his charge by his teacher, Bashyatzi, in 1490.
The wife of Bashyatzi, who was Afendopolo's sister, having died before her husband, Afendopolo no longer referred to Bashyatzi as his brother-in-law, but called him teacher. Afendopolo died before completing Bashyatzi's treatise.
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