Solomon ibn Verga
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Solomon ibn Verga or Salomón ben Verga (Hebrew: שלמה אבן וירגה, c. 1460 – 1554) was a Spanish historian, physician, and author of the Shevet Yehudah (Hebrew: שבט יהודה- "Scepter of Judah").
His relationship to Judah ibn Verga cannot be determined; it is certain, however, that he was not the son of the latter, for he never refers to Judah as his father. Schudt (1718)[1] was apparently misled by the title of the Shebeṭ Yehudah when he called its author "Solomon ben Schefet."