Eliezer ben Solomon Ashkenazi
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Eliezer ben Solomon Ashkenazi was a Rabbi
and Talmud
ical scholar born in Poland
about the beginning of the 19th century, who resided afterward in Tunis
. He published at Metz
in 1845, under the title Dibre Hakamim ("Words of [the] Wise"), a selection of 11 ancient manuscripts:
S. Munk has written an introduction to this collection, which contains also, as an appendix, a French
translation of Yesodot ha-Maskil by "H. B."
Ashkenazi published also Ta'am Zekenim ("Taste [of] Old Men"), edited by R. Kirchheim, a collection of old manuscripts and prints dealing with Jewish literature and history in the Middle Ages (Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1854).
Rabbi
In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
and Talmud
Talmud
The Talmud is a central text of mainstream Judaism. It takes the form of a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, philosophy, customs and history....
ical scholar born in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
about the beginning of the 19th century, who resided afterward in Tunis
Tunis
Tunis is the capital of both the Tunisian Republic and the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city, with a population of 728,453 as of 2004; the greater metropolitan area holds some 2,412,500 inhabitants....
. He published at Metz
Metz
Metz is a city in the northeast of France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers.Metz is the capital of the Lorraine region and prefecture of the Moselle department. Located near the tripoint along the junction of France, Germany, and Luxembourg, Metz forms a central place...
in 1845, under the title Dibre Hakamim ("Words of [the] Wise"), a selection of 11 ancient manuscripts:
- Midrash Wayosha, on the Pentateuch
- Joseph Caro's Commentary on LamentationsBook of LamentationsThe Book of Lamentations ) is a poetic book of the Hebrew Bible composed by the Jewish prophet Jeremiah. It mourns the destruction of Jerusalem and the Holy Temple in the 6th Century BCE....
- MaimonidesMaimonidesMoses ben-Maimon, called Maimonides and also known as Mūsā ibn Maymūn in Arabic, or Rambam , was a preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and one of the greatest Torah scholars and physicians of the Middle Ages...
' Hokmat ha-'Ibbur, a treatise on the computation of the intercalary month - Abraham bar Hiyyah's seventh "gate" of the third treatise on the computation of the intercalary month, with a responsum by Hai GaonHai GaonHai ben Sherira , was a medieval Jewish theologian, rabbi and scholar who served as Gaon of the Talmudic academy of Pumbedita during the early 11th century. He was born in 939 and died on March 28, 1038...
on the calculation of the years since the Creation - Moses Narboni's Maamar ba-Behirah, a treatise on free-will
- Nussah Ketab, a letter from Joshua LorkiJoshua LorkiJoshua ben Joseph ibn Vives al-Lorqui was a Spanish-Jewish physician who lived at Alcañiz. In 1408, at the command of the rich and influential Benveniste ben Solomon ben Labi, he wrote a work in Arabic on the value and effects of various foodstuffs and of simple and composite medicaments...
on religion - Isaac Ardotiel's Meliẓah 'al ha-'Et, a prose poem on the pen
- David ben Yom-tob's Yesodot ha-Maskil, 13 articles of belief of an enlightened man
- RaMBaM, a letter from Maimonides addressed to Rabbi Japhet the Dayyan
- A letter by Elijah of Italy, written from Palestine to his family at Ferrara, in 1438
- Jacob Provençal's Be-Debar Limmud ha-Hokmah, on the study of science.
S. Munk has written an introduction to this collection, which contains also, as an appendix, a French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
translation of Yesodot ha-Maskil by "H. B."
Ashkenazi published also Ta'am Zekenim ("Taste [of] Old Men"), edited by R. Kirchheim, a collection of old manuscripts and prints dealing with Jewish literature and history in the Middle Ages (Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1854).
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography
- Joseph ZednerJoseph ZednerJoseph Zedner was a German Jewish bibliographer and librarian.After completing his education, he acted as teacher in the Jewish school in Strelitz , where the lexicographer Daniel Sanders was his pupil. In 1832 he became a tutor in the family of the book-seller A...
, Cat. Hebr. Books Brit. Mus. pp. 56, 57; - William ZeitlinWilliam ZeitlinWilliam Zeitlin was a Russian scholar and bibliographer born at Homel, government of Moghilef, about the middle of the 19th century...
, Bibliotheca Hebraica, p. 7.
External links
- Jewish Encyclopedia article on Eliezer ben Solomon Ashkenazi, by Richard Gottheil and Isaac BroydéIsaac BroydéIsaac David Broydé was a Jewish Orientalist and librarian.-Life:...
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