Rabbinical Literature Alphabet of AkibabenJoseph , or Otiot Midrash, Aggadah de Rabbi Akiba Hebrew , is the title of a Midrash on the names of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet . Two versions or portions of the same exist Version A of Alphabet Version A , considered by Adolf Jellinek to be the older form, and by Bloch to be of a much more recent origin, introduces the various letters ... A&search alphabet Jewish Encyclopedia article on the Alphabet of AkibabenJoseph , by Kaufmann Kohler . Category Aggadic Midrashim Category Kabbalah texts JewishEncyclopedia fr Alphabet d Akiva benJoseph ... that the Alphabet of R. Akiba was made an object of severe attack and ridicule by Solomon ben Jeroham ... would be made the object of halakic interpretation by AkibabenJoseph , and that according to Gen. R. i., he and Eliezer ben Hyrcanus Rabbi Eliezer as youths already knew how to derive higher meaning ... letters and by interpretations of the different compositions of the alphabet AT BSH, A S B A, and AL BM. Version B of Alphabet Version B is a compilation of allegoric and mystic Aggadahs ... children in the time of Joshua ben Levi the beginning of the 3rd century were taught in such mnemonic ... was composed with the view of acquainting the children with the alphabet, while the Shabuot festival ... other connection than the external order of the letters of the alphabet, but also based on Shab. 104a ... , the Karaite, in the 13th century see Jellinek, B. H. iii., xvii. 5 . As to Akiba s authorship, this is claimed by the writers of both versions, who begin their compositions with the words, R. Akiba ... R. Akiba al ha Taggin we iyunim, a Midrash of R. Akiba treating on the ornamentations of the letters of the alphabet with a view to finding in each of them some symbolic expression of God, Creation, the Torah ... S. Wiener, Bibliotheca Friedlandiana, p. 71 Imber, Letters of Rabbi Akiba or, the Jewish Primer as it Was Used ... more details
orphan date May 2010 Akibaben Judah Loeb was a Germany German rabbi , who lived at Lehren Steinsfeld , W rttemberg , in the beginning of the eighteenth century. He wrote Ha Ohel Olam Everlasting Tent , containing novella novell on the Talmud ic treatise Ketubot Frankfurt am Main , 1714 . Appended to it are four responsa as well as an essay from his unpublished works, on Seder Zera im . In addition to these he left two books on Seder Taharot , which are still extant in manuscript. Reference JewishEncyclopedia Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Loeb, AkibaBen Judah ALTERNATIVE NAMES A ivah ben Yehuda Leyb SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Loeb, AkibaBen Judah Category German rabbis Category 18th century German people Category Year of birth missing Category Year of death missing rabbi stub ... more details
Rabbinical Literature Italic title The Alphabet of Ben Sira Alphabetum Siracidis , Othijoth ben Sira is an anonymous medieval text, attributed to Ben Sira Sirach , the author of Ecclesiasticus . It is dated to anywhere between AD 700 and 1000. It is a compilation of two lists of proverb s, 22 in Aramaic ... Series 1998 . ISBN 0 300 07402 6 Taylor, C., The Alphabet of Ben Sira , in JQR 17 1904 05 238 239. Taylor, C., The Alphabet of Ben Sira , in Journal of Philology 30 1907 95 132. Tobias Lachs, Samuel, The Alphabet of Ben Sira, Gratz College Annual of Jewish Studies 11 1973 , 9 28. External links http www.bible history.com isbe S SIRACH, THE ALPHABET OF SIRACH, THE ALPHABET OF T. Witton Davies International Standard Bible Encyclopedia http joshyuter.com archives 2003 11 the alphabet of ben sira.php The Alphabet Of Ben Sira A Not So Divine Comedy Joshua Yuter Rabbi Josh Yuter http www.jewishencyclopedia.com view friendly.jsp?artid 654&letter B Ben Sira, The Alphabet of , Crawford Howell Toy ... Article on Lilith http ccat.sas.upenn.edu humm Topics Lilith alphabet.html Fragment from the Alphabet of Ben Sirah Category Jewish medieval literature Alphabet of Ben Sira, The Category Non rabbinic ... and then satisfied. The second Alphabet The 22 Hebrew proverbs are quite different in character ... a pretext for the presentation of a number of legends surrounding Ben Sira. Ben Sira is presented as the son of Jeremiah . Ben Sira s fame reached Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon Nebuchadnezzar , who called him to his court. Nebuchadnezzar sets forth various ordeals for Ben Sira, who responds ... , and it is the fifth of Ben Sira s responses to King Nebuchadnezzar. It is reproduced here in its entirety ... my son. If you don t, I will kill you. Ben Sira immediately sat down and wrote an amulet with the Holy .... References Eisenstein, J.D., Alpha Beta Ben Sira, in Otsar Midrashim vol. 1 1915 . Steinschneider ... sv Ben Siras alfabet zh ... more details
wiktionary akiba tocright Semitic Akiba , also pronounced Akiva , can refer to The Aramaic form of the name Jacob Akiba Schechter Jewish Day School , a Jewish school in Hyde Park, Chicago Akiva , a tannaitic Rabbi Akiba Hebrew Academy Merion, Pennsylvania , the former name of Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy, a Jewish day school located in Radnor Township, Pennsylvania Japanese Akiba may refer to Akiba kei , a Japanese slang term similar in meaning to otaku Tadatoshi Akiba born 1942 , current mayor of Hiroshima Akihabara , an area of Tokyo , often shortened to Akiba Characters Akiba Metal Gear , in the Metal Gear Solid series of video games Hiroshi Akiba , a character in the Inubaka Crazy for Dogs manga series Other Akiba may refer to Akiba , a genus of protozoa in the order Haemosporida disambig CU surname de Akiba ja ... more details
Messiah benJoseph Hebrew , also alternatively known as Messiah ben Ephraim Hebrew ... 12.10 12.12 as lamenting the death of Messiah benJoseph. In the last of these three statements only ... as if alluding to a well known tradition . Details Details about the Messiah benJoseph are not found ... b. Joseph will appear prior to the coming of Messiah ben David . He will gather the children ... Jerusalem, wage war against Messiah benJoseph, and slay him. His corpse, according to one group ... not yet been answered satisfactorily as of 1906, or even as of 2008 . The Messiah benJoseph, according to Rabbi Meir Leib ben Yechiel Michael Weiser MALBIM 1809 1879 CE , will be the future leader of the Lost Ten Tribes when they return see Malbim on Ezekiel 37 and Micah 5 . The Messiah benJoseph will initiate union with Judah who will be led by Messiah son of David. Later The Messiah son of Joseph ... have attempted to transpose their beliefs into the conception of Messiah benJoseph, particularly ... Mendel the Resurrected Moshiach ref Jews considered the Messiah benJoseph Bar Abba 1st century CE . Rabbi Isaac Luria 1534 1572 in his cosmogony thought of himself as being the Messiah benJoseph and Rabbi ... to be Messiah benJoseph in a 1574 letter of Abraham Shalom. Joshua Heschel Zoref b.1633 Claimed to be the Messiah benJoseph, with Shabbetai Zvi as the Jewish Messiah . Judah Leib Prossnitz c.1670 1730 Claimed to be the Messiah benJoseph, with Shabbetai Zvi as the Jewish Messiah. See also Jewish Messiah ... Model , Biblical Archaeology Review 34 05 Sep Oct 2008 . D.C. Mitchell, Messiah benJoseph A Sacrifice ... M 1628 Jewish Encyclopedia section on Messiah benJoseph , by Joseph Jacobs and Moses Buttenwieser ... with the bodies of the Patriarchs , until Messiah ben David comes and resurrects him comp. Jew ... been claimed, Messiah son of Joseph was not considered the future leader of the Ten Tribes, although ... son of Joseph and his role in bringing back the exiles and rebuilding the Land. Apocryphally ... more details
Todros benJoseph Abulafia 1225 ca. 1285 Hebrew was a nephew of Meir Abulafia and Chief Rabbi of Kingdom of Castile Castile . He is the author of Otzar HaKavod , a mystical commentary on the Aggadah . References http www.lookstein.org resources bionotes.pdf Hadrat Melech Biographical Notes, Shlomo Pereira. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Abulafia, Todros BenJoseph ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Chief Rabbi of Kingdom of Castile Castile DATE OF BIRTH 1225 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1285 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Abulafia, Todros BenJoseph Category 1225 births Category 1285 deaths Category 13th century rabbis Category Spanish rabbis Category Medieval Castilian Jews rabbi stub ca Todros ben Yosef Ab l Afiya ... more details
Joseph Cabi ben Simon was a Herodian Dynasty Herodian era Kohen Gadol High Priest of Israel in Jerusalem , Judaea Roman province Iudaea Province , appointed and deposed by Herod Agrippa II . cquote . . . the king Agrippa . . . gave the high priesthood to Joseph, who was called Cabi, the son of Simon, formerly high priest. And now Caesar, upon hearing the death of Porcius Festus Festus , sent Lucceius Albinus Albinus into Judea, as procurator. But the king deprived Joseph of the high priesthood, and bestowed the succession to that dignity on the son of Ananus, who was also himself called Ananus ben Ananus Ananus . ref cite book title Antiquities of the Jews chapter VIII and IX author Josephus year ref References Reflist s start s bef before Ishmael ben Fabus s ttl title List of High Priests of Israel High Priest of Israel s aft after Ananus ben Ananus end DEFAULTSORT Simon, Joseph Cabi Ben Category High Priests of Israel Category 1st century clergy Category Ancient Jewish Roman history Category Roman era Jews Jewish hist stub Judaism bio stub nl Jozef Kabi ben Simon pl J zef Kabi ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Jonathan BenJoseph was a Lithuanians Lithuanian rabbi and astronomer who lived in Risenoi , Hrodna Grodno in the late 17th century and early 18th century. Jonathan studied astronomy and mathematics . ref name je http www.jewishencyclopedia.com view.jsp?artid 409&letter J Jonathan BenJoseph JewishEncyclopedia.com , Richard Gottheil , Isaac Broyd , retrieved 2006 10 29 ref In 1710 Jonathan and his family lived a year in the fields due to a plague at Risenoi. He vowed that, on surviving, he would spread astronomical knowledge among his fellow believers. After he became blind, he went to Germany , where the bibliographer Wolf Johann Christian Wolf of Hamburg? met him in 1725. Jonathan authored two astronomical commentaries the Yeshu ah be Yisrael, on Maimonides neomenia laws Frankfort on the Main, 1720 and Bi ur, on Abraham ben iyya s urat ha Are Offenbach, 1720 . References references JewishEncyclopedia Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Jonathan BenJoseph ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Jonathan BenJoseph Category 17th century astronomers Category 18th century astronomers Category Lithuanian astronomers Category Lithuanian rabbis Category 17th century births Category 18th century deaths Jewish hist stub ... more details
Josephben Baruch was a French rabbi, a tosafist of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Gross identifies him with Joseph of Clisson . Joseph resided for some time in Paris, where he associated with Judah Sir Leon and instructed Samuel of Falaise in special subjects. In 1211 he emigrated with his brother Me r to Palestine by way of Egypt. It was probably Joseph who took to England the Hebrew translation of the Cuzari which had been made by Judah Cardinal . Judah al arizi met Joseph and his brother as heads of the new congregation of Jerusalem Ta kemoni, xlvi. . Joseph is cited in the Tosafot as Joseph of Jerusalem Pes. 15a , Joseph, inhabitant of Jerusalem Meg. 4a , and R. Joseph of Palestine id. 34a . Explanations of his are quoted by Bezaleel Ashkenazi in his Shi ah Me ubbe et, and in various commentaries on the Pentateuch. To Joseph of Clisson are attributed consultations Maimoniyyot, , No. 31 and divers ritual decisions Mordecai on ul. iii., No. 635 idem on Gi . iv., No. 465 . Joseph was also the author of liturgical poems a confession of sins for the Day of Atonement written by him, has been preserved in the ritual. He is referred to as Joseph in a manuscript tosafist commentary to the Pentateuch belonging to E. N. Adler but in the parallel passages in Min at Yehudah, 21b, Da at Ze enim, 20b, and Hadar Ze enim, 18a, he is cited as the man of Jerusalem. Berliner Zeit. f r Hebr. Bibl. iv. 148 identified him with Josephben Johanan the Jerusalemite see Gross in Monatsschrift, xlv. 370 . References Leopold Zunz , Z. G. p. 52 idem, to Asher s Benjamin of Tudela, ii. 256 idem, Literaturgesch. p. 324 Gross, in R. E. J. iv. 178 idem, Gallia Judaica, p. 595 Fuenn , Keneset Yisrael, p. 495 External links http www.jewishencyclopedia.com view.jsp?artid 457&letter J Source JewishEncyclopedia DEFAULTSORT Baruch, JosephBen Category 13th century rabbis Category French Tosafists Category Rabbis of the Land of Israel Category Medieval Jews in Palestine ... more details
distinguish Josephben Abraham Eras of the Halakha Josephben Abraham Gikatilla 1248 &ndash after 1305 lang he , lang es Chiquitilla , the little was a Spanish kabbalist , student of Abraham Abulafia . Biography Born at Medinaceli , Old Castile , Gikatilla was for some time a pupil of the kabbalist Abraham Abulafia , by whom he is highly praised his kabbalistic knowledge became so profound that he was supposed to be able to work miracles, and on this account was called Joseph Ba al ha Nissim the Thaumaturge Zacuto , Yu asin, p. 224a . Like his master, Gikatilla occupied himself with mystic combinations and transpositions of letters and numbers indeed, Abulafia considered him as the continuator of his school Adolf Jellinek , B.H. iii, p. xl . But Gikatilla was not an adversary of philosophy on the contrary, he tried to reconcile philosophy with kabbalah, declaring that the latter is the foundation of the former. He, however, strove after the higher science, that is, mysticism . His works in general represent a progressive development of philosophical insight into mysticism. His first work shows that he had considerable knowledge of secular sciences, and that he was familiar with the works of Ibn Gabirol , Abraham ibn Ezra Ibn Ezra , Maimonides , and others ... Gikatilla, JosephBen Abraham ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gikatilla, JosephBen Abraham Category 1248 births Category 14th ... part treats of the letters of the alphabet. He declares that the number ten emanated from YHVH ... by him are Ibn Gabirol, Samuel ibn Naghrela , and Abraham ibn Ezra . Isaac ben Samuel of Acre ... those who quote it are Moshe Cordevero , Joseph Caro , Chaim Vital , the Isaiah Horowitz Shelah ... from it are inserted by Reuben ben Hoshke in his Yal u Reubeni. It was translated into Latin by Paul ... ref According to the commentary of Mattithiah ben Solomon Delacrut ref , organized into ten chapters ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Notability biographies date November 2008 Samuel benJoseph Uziel 16th 17th century was a rabbi and physician of Jews of Spain Spanish extraction who officiated as rabbi at Salonica , where he also practised medicine. References JewishEncyclopedia Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Uziel, Samuel BenJoseph ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Uziel, Samuel BenJoseph Category Early Acharonim Category 16th century Sephardi Jews Category 17th century Sephardi Jews Category Medieval physicians of the Ottoman Empire Category Medieval Jewish physicians of the Ottoman Empire Category People from Thessaloniki Category Ottoman Jews Category Ottoman rabbis Category Year of death unknown rabbi stub ... more details
Isaac benJoseph of Corbeil 13th century Hebrew was a French rabbi and Tosefist who flourished in the second half of the thirteenth century. He was the son in law of R. Jehiel benJoseph of Paris , whose school he attended, and the pupil of the Great Men of vreux, notably of Samuel of vreux Samuel , whom he calls the Prince of vreux . Isaac s conspicuous piety drew toward him many disciples, the best known of whom were Perez ben Elijah of Corbeil, Baruch ayyim ben Menahem of Niort, and his fellow citizen Josephben Abraham. He was induced by his pupils to publish in 1277 an abridgment of Moses ben Jacob of Coucy s Sefer Mitzvot Gadol called Semag from its initials , under the title Ammude ha Golah or Sefer Mitzvot a an generally called Sema from the initials . This work was most favorably received by the communities of France and Germany , and has often been edited and annotated. Isaac also published Li u im collectanea , and several small compilations containing his ritual decisions. The Kol Bo No. 128 contains a long fragment of a Talmudic work of R. Isaac, with this superscription . Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography Eliakim Carmoly , Biographics des lsra lites de France, p. 45 Rev. Et. Juives, iv. 213, vi. 168 Gross, Gallia Judaica, pp. 563 565. JewishEncyclopedia DEFAULTSORT Isaac BenJoseph Of Corbeil Category 13th century rabbis Category French Tosafists he ... more details
Isaac Israeli benJoseph or Yitzhak ben Yosef often known as Isaac Israeli the Younger was a History of the Jews in Spain Spanish Jewish astronomer astrologer who flourished at Toledo, Spain Toledo in the first half of the fourteenth century. He was a pupil of Asher ben Yehiel , at whose request in 1310 he wrote the astronomy astronomical work Yesod Olam , the best contribution on that subject to Hebrew literature . File Yesod Olam.jpg thumb Yesod Olam 1777 edition , title page. It treats of geometry and trigonometry as introductory to the subject matter of the structure and position of the globe of the number and movements of the celestial spheres of the time differences in days and nights in the various parts of the earth of the movements of sun and moon of the solstice s, the neomeni , the eclipse s, and the Hebrew calendar leap year s it contains as well astronomical tables an ephemeris and a perpetual calendar . It also deals iv, 17 with the calendar chronological systems of other nations and religions, especially Christianity and gives iv, 18 in chronological order the noted personages of the Biblical , Talmud ic, and Geonim geonic periods, following the Sefer ha Qabbalah of Abraham ibn Daud . This last was included by Zacuto in his Sefer ha Yu asin. The Yesod Olam was first published at Berlin, in 1777, by Jacob Shklower . A more complete edition, with a preface by David Cassel, was published by B. Goldberg and L. Rosenkranz 1848 . Israeli s work was much studied in the Middle ... in Arabic by the author s son Joseph Israeli ben Isaac , of which the Hebrew translation, Kitzur ... Persondata . NAME Israeli benJoseph, Isaac ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Israeli benJoseph, Isaac Category Year of birth ... astronomers Category People from Toledo, Spain Category Spanish astrologers cs Jicchak ben Josef Jisra eli es Isaac Israeli benJoseph he ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Isaac benJoseph Caro was a Spanish Talmud ist and Bible commentator. He flourished in the second half of the fifteenth century and the first half of the sixteenth. The son of a scholar and scion of a noble family, he devoted himself to study in his native city of Toledo, Spain Toledo , being one of the foremost rabbinical authorities of the country when he had to leave it on the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492. Then he went to Portugal, where he remained for six years. When the Jews were driven from that country too, he fled to Constantinople . During the persecution in Portugal he lost all but one of his sons, who were beautiful like princes. Finally he found refuge in Turkey, where he probably died at an advanced age after 1518. In that year he published his commentary to the Pentateuch , Toledot Yitzchaq Constantinople printed six times in Italy and Poland . In this work Caro endeavors to do justice to the peshat , the literal interpretation, as well as to the allegorical interpretation, evincing little originality but good taste. He left a collection of responsa , unpublished by the early twentieth century. His nephew, Josephben Ephraim Caro , quotes from it several times compare David Conforte , s.v., and Abqat Rokel , No. 144 , and the latter s son, Judah, intended to publish it, but never carried out his intention. The Bodleian Library contains Caro s novell to Ketubot No. 535, 2, 3, in Adolf Neubauer , Cat. Bodl. Hebr. MSS. , as well as a work entitled Chasde Dawid , containing philosophic and haggadic homilies Neubauer, l.c. No. 987 . JewishEncyclopedia article Caro, Isaac b. Joseph author Louis Ginzberg url http www.jewishencyclopedia.com view.jsp?artid 186&letter C Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Caro, Isaac benJoseph ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Caro, Isaac benJoseph Category Bible commentators Category Talmudists Category ... more details
Josephben Mordechai Gershon Ha Kohen Cracow , 1510 &ndash 1591 was a Poles Polish Talmudist . He began his studies in the Talmud at an early age, and became the head of a yeshivah founded for him by his father in law. The many pupils who attended this school soon made him famous for his scholarship and his views on religious questions were widely sought. Solomon Luria was one of his correspondents. Joseph was the author of She erit Yosef Cracow, 1590 , containing responsa and discussions on various rabbinical subjects, as well as a commentary on the Mordecai ben Hillel Mordechai tractates Nezikin , Berakhot Talmud Berakot , and Mo ed . In the preface the author states that he published this work at the request of his sons, Tanhuma and Aaron Moses, who were members of the Jewish community of Cracow. He also corrected the manuscript from which was printed the Aggudah of Alexander Suslin ha Kohen of Frankfurt . Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography I. M. Zunz, Ir ha zedek, p. 23, Lemberg, 1874 Rabinowitz, Ha arot we Tikunim, p. 6, Lyck, 1875 Haim Nathan Dembitzer Dembitzer , Kelilat Yoft, p. 4b, Cracow, 1888 B. Friedberg, Gesch. der Hebr ischen Typographie in Krakau, p. 8, ib. 1900.S. References references JewishEncyclopedia article Josephben Mordecai Gershon Ha Kohen url http www.jewishencyclopedia.com view.jsp?artid 501&letter J author Solomon Schechter and Bernhard Friedberg DEFAULTSORT Gershon, JosephBen Mordechai Category 1510 births Category 1591 deaths Category Polish rabbis Category Kohanim Category Kohanim authors of Rabbinic literature Category People from Krak w ... more details
Josephben Nathan Official was a French Jewish controversialist. He lived, probably at Sens , in the thirteenth century. He was a descendant of Kalonymus ben Todros , the nasi of Narbonne . His father held a public office to which Joseph probably succeeded, whence the surname Official. Controversies with officials Coming in contact with high officials and ecclesiastical dignitaries, Joseph, like his father, was often invited to take part in religious controversies, in which he acquired great skill. Accounts of these controversies, together with those of his father and of some French rabbis, were collected by Joseph in a work entitled Yosef ha Meqanne or Teshubot ha Minim , which is still extant in manuscript Paris, Biblioth que Nationale, Hebr. MS. No. 712 Steinschneider, Cat. Hamburg Hebr. MSS. No. 187, 7 . The Christian personages who figure in the discussions are Pope Gregory probably Pope Gregory X Gregory X the bishops of Sens, Mans, Meaux, Vannes, Anjou, Poitiers, Angoul me, and St ..., which God had foreseen would be used for idolatrous purposes baptism . Elijah, Josephben Nathan .... JewishEncyclopedia article Official, Josephben Nathan author Solomon Schechter and Isaac Broyd url http www.jewishencyclopedia.com view.jsp?artid 512&letter J&search Joseph 20Official Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Official, Josephben Nathan ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Official, Josephben Nathan ... may serve as examples Examples Nathan ben Meshullam was asked to give a reason for the duration ... therefore He showed Himself so severe against the impurities of death. Joseph s compilation furnishes ... number of the answers of Joseph are reproduced almost verbatim in many Bible commentaries of French ... in his Peletat Soferim and by Neubauer in Geiger s Zeitschrift 1871 . Joseph seems to have ... Sens de Josef ben Natan ha meqanne ... more details
Aaron benJoseph of Constantinople c. 1260 c. 1320 not to be confused with his near contemporary, Aaron ben Eliyahu of Nicomedia , was an eminent teacher, philosopher, physician, and liturgical poet in Constantinople , the capital of the Byzantine Empire . Background Aaron benJoseph was born in Sulchat , Crimea . He took a prominent part in the regeneration of Karaism by the help of philosophical elements borrowed from Rabbi nite literature. When only nineteen years of age he had mastered the theological knowledge of his time to such a degree that he was elected the spiritual head of the Karaite community of his native town, and in that capacity he engaged the Rabbinite teachers in a public dispute to determine the correct time for the new moon. He then journeyed through many lands and diligently studied the works of Abraham ibn Ezra , Maimonides , Nahmanides and Rashi . Being, as he said, eager to arrive at the truth without bias and prejudice, and free from partizan spirit, he determined to accept the results of his investigation, even if they conflicted with Karaite teachings ... do not harmonize. Liturgical and other works Aaron benJoseph achieved more permanent results for the Karaites ... benJoseph s Mib ar existing in Leyden , London , Paris , and elsewhere in manuscript was published with a commentary by Joseph Solomon ben Moses Yerushalmi , at Eupatoria , in 1835. For other commentaries see Tishbi, Elijah Rabbani ben Judah, Kalai, Samuel benJoseph, and Luzki, Mordecai ben Nissan ... manuscripts are in Leyden. Aaron benJoseph s commentary on the Psalms exists in Leyden in manuscript ... view.jsp?artid 59&letter A&search Karaite Aaron benJoseph, the Karaite . Jewish Encyclopedia ... . NAME Constantinople, Aaron benJoseph ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Constantinople, Aaron benJoseph Category 1260s ... poets Category Jewish poets Category Constantinopolitans de Aaron benJoseph fr Aaron benJoseph ... more details
distinguish Josephben Abraham Gikatilla Josephben Abraham Hebrew language Hebrew ... it may be inferred that Joseph knew Saadia s work and often used it. The Mahkimat Peti xxiii is quoted, under its Arabic title Al Mansuri, by Joseph ibn Tzaddik in reference to God s sufficiency ibn Tzaddik criticizes also the Mu tazili theory adopted by Josephben Abraham xxvii concerning the reward ... were translated into Hebrew by Tobiah ben Moses, under the title Sefer ha Mo adim. They are divided into eight chapters, in which Joseph discusses the arguments used by Samuel ben ofni against the Karaites ..., lxxi , Maimonides alluded to Joseph. References JewishEncyclopedia http www.jewishencyclopedia.com view.jsp?artid 449&letter J&search Karaite Josephben Abraham ha Kohen ha Ro eh . Jewish Encyclopedia ... Arabische Literatur der Juden, 50. Notes references DEFAULTSORT JosephBen Abraham Category Philosophers ... in the first half of the eleventh century. He was the teacher of, among others, Jeshua ben ... is the Muhtawi, translated from the Arabic into Hebrew, perhaps by Tobiah ben Moses , under the title ... additions, by Tobiah ben Moses under the title Mahkimat Peti Oxford, Leiden, Paris, St. Petersburg ... the theory of Benjamin ben Moses Nahawandi , who, holding God too sublime to concern Himself ... in this world Olam Katan, ed. Adolf Jellinek , pp. 46, 70 . Joseph quotes in the Muhtawi and Al ... Harkavy supposes that these arguments were discussed also in another work of Joseph s entitled Kitab al Hidayah. Joseph is supposed to have been the author also of Tzidduk ha Din, on eschatology She ... and non Jewish scholars and Peri Tzaddi , a chapter on theodicy . Influence on Karaism Joseph ... successors down to Aaron ben Elijah of Nicomedia , who, in his Etz ayyim, cites him often. In this field, however, Joseph has no claim to originality, for he only reproduced the kalam of the Motazilite ... have been signed by any Moslem. Joseph discussed only the general questions of monotheism , which ... more details
no footnotes date March 2008 Josephben Hayyim Jabez also Yaavetz 15th century 16th century was a Jews of Spain Spanish Jewish theologian. He lived for a time in Portugal , where he associated with Joseph Hayyun , who inspired him with that taste for kabbalah mysticism which he subsequently displayed in his writings. When the Jews were Spanish expulsion banished from Spain Jabez settled at Mantua , Italy . There he met his compatriot, the kabbalist Judah Hayyat , whom he induced to write the commentary Min at Yehudah on the cabalistic work Ma areket Elahut. Jabez was an opponent of philosophy . For him the truth of the Jewish religion is demonstrated by the miracles recorded in the Bible . He criticizes the thirteen articles of faith of Maimonides , the six of Hasdai Crescas , and the three of Joseph Albo Albo . According to him, only the following three, alluded to in the verse I am that I am Book of Exodus Ex. iii. 14 , are the fundamental principles of Judaism That God is one That He governs the world That in the end all mankind will believe in His unity These dogmas are expounded by him in the following books asde Adonai Constantinople, 1533 , an ethical work wherein the author demonstrates that the wise man is more grateful to God for his misfortunes than for worldly advantages Ma amar ha A dut Ferrara, 1554 , on the unity of God Perush al Masseket Abot ib. 1555 , on the sayings of the Fathers, mentioned by the author of Yesod ha Emunah Or ha ayyim ib. 1555 , against philosophy A commentary on the Psalms Salonica, 1571 Jabez left also a great number of manuscript works, which, according to Ghirondi , are still as of 1906 in the possession of the author s descendants. Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography David Conforte , ore ha Dorot, p. 30a Chaim Joseph David Azulai ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Jabez, JosephBen Hayyim ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Jabez, JosephBen Hayyim Category ... more details
Orphan date November 2006 Enoch Zundel benJoseph died 1867 was a Russian Talmudist and author of the following works A commentary on Midrash Rabbah of the five Megillot , in two parts Wilna and Grodno , 1829 34 2d ed., Wilna, 1845 A twofold commentary on Midrash Tan. ib. 1833 A threefold commentary on Seder Olam ib. 1845 Commentary on Midrash Samuel Stettin, 1860 Mib ar Mi Peninim, a commentary on the Midrash Rabbah of the Pentateuch Warsaw, 1870 Novell on the Agaddah Haggadah of the Talmud Wilna, 1883 these commentaries are, in fact, compilations from other commentaries, especially those of Samuel Jafe Ashkenazi, Hellin, and B rman Ashkenazi, to which Enoch added novell of his own Olat ha odesh, prayers for the new moon , with treatises on fast days, philanthropy, etc. ib. 1859 A commentary on Pesi . R. Hoi Ariel, a funeral sermon on the death of R. L b Katzenellenbogen of Brest ib. 1838 . Enoch Zundel died at Bia ystok in 1867. Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography F rst, Bibl. Jud. ii. 107 108, iii. 396 Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, p. 312 Eliezer Kohn, in at Soferim, p. 107. References JewishEncyclopedia DEFAULTSORT Joseph, Enoch Zundel Ben Category 1867 deaths Category Russian rabbis Category People from Bia ystok ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Eli or Elijah BenJoseph Chabillo or Habillo was a Spanish philosopher who lived in Monz n , Aragon , in the second half of the fifteenth century. He was an admirer of the Christian scholastics, and studied Latin language Latin in order to translate into Hebrew language Hebrew some of their works, especially those dealing with psychology . The works which he partly translated and partly adapted some bearing his name others, though anonymous, known to be his were the following By Thomas Aquinas Qu stiones Disputat , Qu stio de Anima De Anim Facultatibus Hebrew title Ma amar be Kochot ha Nefesh , published by Adolf Jellinek in Philosophie und Kabbala , Leipzig, 1854 De Universalibus She elot Ma amar be Nimtza ube Mahut questions on Thomas Aquinas treatise on being and quality By William of Ockham Occam Three treatises of Summa Totius Logices to which he added an appendix Qu stiones Philosophic By Aristotle De Causa thirty two premises, with their explanations. According to Jellinek and Moritz Steinschneider , Chabillo also translated, anonymously, Vincent of Beauvais De Universalibus under the title Ma amar Nikbad bi Kelal . References JewishEncyclopedia Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Chabillo, Elijah BenJoseph ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Chabillo, Elijah BenJoseph Category Spanish philosophers Category 15th century philosophers Category Year of birth unknown Category Year of death unknown ... more details
Joseph C. Ben Ami is the President and CEO of the Canadian Centre for Policy Studies, a conservative public policy think tank. Before joining the Canadian Centre for Policy Studies he was the executive director of the Institute for Canadian Values ICV . Before that he was director of Government Relations and Diplomatic Affairs for B nai B rith B nai B rith Canada . He is also a member of the international advisory board of the organization Jews Against Anti Christian Defamation, a US based Jewish group dedicated to fighting discrimination directed against Christians. Married to Lynne Cohen. fact date December 2010 Ben Ami has close ties to the current pro Israel leadership of Conservative Party of Canada. He is a former policy aid to both Stockwell Day and Stephen Harper. He had also served as a top operative in the Canadian Alliance leadership campaign of Stockwell Day . ref name walrus theocons cite news url http www.walrusmagazine.com print politics stephen harper and the theocons first Marci last McDonald title Stephen Harper and the Theo cons date 5 December 2006 accessdate 2006 12 05 publisher The Walrus ref Ben Ami writes extensively and is a frequent radio and television commentator, providing analysis of political issues and current events from a social and economic conservative perspective. A collection of his columns, essays and speeches can be viewed at http www.josephbenami.com Advocacy on the same sex marriage question Ben Ami has been a notable opponent of same sex marriage in Canada. In a news release from ICV, Ben Ami stated that Canadians of all backgrounds cherish freedom of religion, ... they are concerned with the impact that same sex marriage legislation is having on religious freedom, and they, quite sensibly, want Parliament to act to protect it. ref ... news url http www.jewishtribune.ca tribune jt 050616 08.html title JosephBen Ami Moves On publisher ... DEFAULTSORT Ben Ami, Joseph Category Canadian Jews Category Living people Category Year ... more details
distinguish2 Josephben Judah ibn Aknin , born c.1150 at Barcelona, died c.1220 at Fez. The two are often conflated, especially in earlier literature Josephben Judah of Ceuta c. 1160 1226 was a Jewish physician and poet, and disciple of Moses Maimonides . It is as an address to Joseph that Maimonides introduces his Guide for the Perplexed . Life For the first 25 years of his life ben Judah lived with his father, who was an artisan at Ceuta in the Maghreb . Josephben Judah leaft Morocco, when he was about twenty five years old, and was already engaged in the practise of medicine Salomon Munk , Notice sur Joseph b. Jehudah, in Jour. Asiatique, 1842, p. 14 . When not occupied with professional ... which found expression in Josephben Judah s poems. Josephben Judah went from Alexandria to Fus a ... speaks highly of them. Maimonides, to whom Joseph sent his poems together with other compositions from ... the writings of the Prophets, because Joseph seemed perplexed as to the possibility of reconciling ..., l.c. p. 34 less than two years. Ben Judah went further east and settled in Aleppo . Here he established ... . After the departure of Joseph from Fus a the intercourse between master and disciple was continued in writing. Maimonides s Moreh Nebukim Guide for the Perplexed was written for Joseph and for those ... of the Prophets. Joseph, however, was not convinced for he writes allegorically to his master as follows ... modest and more careful in his utterances lest he bring evil upon himself. Joseph remained ... profit from his teaching. When, thirty years later, Al arizi visited Aleppo 1217 he found Joseph in the zenith ..., and Joseph was ruler over the whole land he supplied food for all Ta kemoni, xlvi., l. . He must ... by some rabbis in Bagdad against the works of Maimonides. Maimonides exhorted Joseph to moderation ... see Birkat Abraham, Lyck, 1859 Zikronot, ii. a letter written by Maimonides in 1192 . Joseph ... Joseph s poems are all lost except one in praise of Maimonides, ref Maimonides, obe , ed. A. Lichtenberg ... more details
Josephben Samuel Bonfils lived in the middle of the eleventh century was a French rabbi, Talmud ist, Bible commentator, and payye an . Of his life nothing is known but that he came from Narbonne , and was rabbi of Limoges in the province of Anjou ref See Jacob Tam s Sefer ha Yashar, ed. Rosenthal, p. 90, and ed. Vienna, p. 74b the passage is badly corrupted. ref . The activity of Bonfils was many sided. A number of his decisions which earned the high esteem of his contemporaries and of posterity are to be found in the Mordecai. These passages are enumerated in Kohn s Mordecai ben Hillel , p. 137 in Ma zor Vitry, and in many other codices and compendiums. Among his numerous legal decisions one deserving mention is that pronouncing money won in play an illegal possession, and compelling the winner to return it Haggahot Mordecai, upon Sanh. pp. 722, 723 . Another important decision ordered a lighter tax on the Jewish farmer than on the merchant, for the reason that agriculture was less profitable than trade Mordecai, B. B. i. 481 . Little is known of the collections of his responsa mentioned in Moses Alashkar s Responsa ed. Sabbionetta, No. 60, p. 121a No. 100, p. 162a , or of his collection of the responsa of the Geonim . His Bible commentaries, mentioned by some of the old writers, have also disappeared. Bonfils devoted himself to restoring the correct texts of older works, especially the Masorah works of the Geonim. His critical notes upon Judah s Halakot ... 1296&letter B Source JewishEncyclopedia DEFAULTSORT Bonfils, JosephBen Samuel Category 11th century ... of obscure points in this piyyu . Samuel ben Solomon of Falaise , a French Tosafist, composed a commentary upon it. Joseph Bonfils must not be confused, as he is by Azulai , with another scholar ... Me r ben Baruch of Rothenburg . ed. Cremona, No. 148 . References Azulai . Shem ha Gedolim .... Hebr. MSS. No. 1208, 3, containing a halakic treatise by Joseph ob Elem, who is probably identical ... more details
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