Lattes, Isaac ben Jacob — (fl. 14th cent) French rabbi and physician. He was active in Provence. His Kiryat Sepher explains passages in the oral law, the process of transmission of the oral traditon, and the basis of the Mishnah and Tosephta. This work also lists the… … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
Isaac Lattes — Isaac ben Jacob Lattes was a Jewish rabbi who lived in Provence. In 1340 he wrote Toledot Yiẓḥaḳ, in which he gives valuable information concerning other Provençal authors and discusses the history of tradition. This work is known also by the… … Wikipedia
LATTES — LATTES, family originally from the town of Lattes, S. France, who settled in Italy in the 16th century. It included several illustrious members: ELIJAH BEN ISAAC LATTES of Carcassonne, talmudist in the first half of the 13th century; his grandson … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Jedaiah ben Abraham Bedersi — (c. 1270 ndash; c. 1340) (Hebrew: ידעיה הבדרשי) was a Jewish poet, physician, and philosopher; born at Béziers (hence his surname Bedersi). His Provençal name was En Bonet, which probably corresponds to the Hebrew name Tobiah (compare Oheb Nashim … Wikipedia
ABBA MARI BEN ELIGDOR — (Sen Astruc de Noves or de Sen Negre; 14th century), French philosopher, astronomer, physicist, talmudist, and exegete. Born in Noves near Avignon, about 1320 he resided in Salon where Samuel b. Judah of Marseilles studied astronomy under him. In … Encyclopedia of Judaism
LEVI BEN GERSHOM — (1288–1344; acronym: RaLBaG; also called Maestre Leo de Bagnols; Magister Leo Hebraeus; Gersonides), mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and biblical commentator, born probably at Bagnols sur Cèze (Languedoc – now département du Gard, France) … Encyclopedia of Judaism
GERSHOM BEN SOLOMON — (13th century), Provençal scholar of Béziers. No biographical details are known about him. He compiled a halakhic work, Shalman, giving the halakhic rulings of the Talmud according to the order of the halakhot of Isaac Alfasi, and approximating… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ALEMANNO, JOHANAN BEN ISAAC — (1435/8–after 1504), philosopher, kabbalist and biblical exegete. A descendant of an Ashkenazi family expelled from France, his father married an Aragonese Jewess, and the family came to Italy because of his grandfather s (Elijah) mission to the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MEIRI, MENAHEM BEN SOLOMON — (1249–1316), Provençal scholar and commentator of the Talmud. Meiri was born in Perpignan where he spent his whole life. His family, regarded as one of the most distinguished in Provence, originated from Carcassonne and Narbonne. Few… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MESHULLAM BEN MOSES — (c. 1175–c. 1250), scholar of Béziers and one of the most prominent scholars of Provence in the 13th century. Meshullam, born in Lunel into one of the distinguished families of Provençal Jewry, went to Béziers with his father, Moses b. Judah, one … Encyclopedia of Judaism
