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Crescas (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈkɾeskəs], Hebrew: קרשקש) is a Judaeo-Catalan family name, prominent in the former Crown of Aragon. Crescas is a common name among Jews of southern France and Catalonia. There have been a number of scholars and rabbis sharing that surname, including:

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Cresques (pronounced [ˈkɾeskəs, ˈkɾeskes]) is the Catalan standardized variant of the Jewish name Crescas (Hebrew: קרשקש)

  • Abraham Cresques (?, 1387), a Jewish cartographer from Palma de Mallorca
  • Jehuda Cresques (also Jafudà Cresques; 1350 ?, 1427 ?)
  • Cresques Abiatar, a Jewish physician in Catalan Aragon Kingdom
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