Joseph ben Judah ibn Aknin

Joseph ben Judah ibn Aknin (Arabic: يوسف ابن عقنين, Hebrew: יוסף בן יהודה אבן עקנין; c. 1150 – c. 1220) was a Sephardic Jewish writer of numerous treatises, mostly on the Mishnah and the Talmud. He was born in Barcelona, but settled in Fes, where by his own admission he lived as a crypto-Jew. Though a native of Spain, his family had originated in North Africa.

Not to be confused with Joseph ben Judah of Ceuta, c. 1160 – 1226, the disciple of Maimonides and addressee of his "Guide for the Perplexed".
Joseph ben Judah ibn Aknin
Native name
Arabic: يوسف ابن عقنين
Hebrew: יוסף בן יהודה אבן עקנין
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