Jonah was a poet who lived in Amsterdam in the seventeenth century. He was the son of the physician Joseph Abravanel, and a nephew of Manasseh ben Israel. He wrote, in Portuguese, Elegio em Louvar da Nova Yesiba, instituido por o Senhor Yshac Pereira, de que he Ros Yesiba o Senhor Haham Menasse ben Israel (Elegy in Praise of New Yesiba, instituted by Lord Yshac Pereira, the Ros Yesiba of which is Lord Haham Menasse ben Israel, Amsterdam, 1644). He also wrote elegies upon the martyrs Isaac de Castro Tartas (1647) and the Bernals (1655). After 1630, with Dr. Ephraim Bueno, he published ritualistic works and Psalterio de David... transladado con toda fidelidad (Psalterio of David... translated with full fidelity, Amsterdam, 1644).
Hij is getrouwd met Ester bt.Yossef b.Israel Sueiro -e.Abarbanel.
Toestemming voor het huwelijk is 15 augustus 1623 verkregen te Amsterdam, NH, NL (PUI).
Amsterdam (Pui) dtb-T.1623, 15 Augustus, dtb669-p189 ; Jonas Bravenel .... van Portugaal out 30 jaren & Ester Soeira van Lisboa, out 21 jaer ouders .... haer broeder , woont op ruiter santmarkt
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