JOSHUA BEN ABRAHAM MAIMUNI
- JOSHUA BEN ABRAHAM MAIMUNI
- JOSHUA BEN ABRAHAM MAIMUNI (1310–1355), nagid of
Egyptian Jewry who lived in Cairo. Joshua was the third son of
abraham b. david maimuni . His brother Moses was probably
nagid of Egyptian Jewry before him. He was a respected
scholar, and his responsa on religious and halakhic questions are quoted
by such prominent halakhic authorities of the 16th century as
david b. solomon ibn abi zimra and joseph caro . The
majority of his extant responsa were answers to questions asked by the
Jews of Yemen. Most of them deal with the subjects of prayer and ritual.
Joshua's answers are generally based on the Mishneh Torah of
his ancestor maimonides .
-BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Freimann, in: Kobez al Jad, 13 (1939), 75–113; Ashtor,
Toledot, 1 (1944), 230f., 298–300; Goitein, in: Tarbiz, 34
(1964/65), 255.
(Eliyahu Ashtor)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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