MOSES (ben Nethanel) NATHAN
- MOSES (ben Nethanel) NATHAN
- MOSES (ben Nethanel) NATHAN
(14th century), communal worker and poet. Moses, who lived in
Tarrega, Catalonia, left a collection of moral parables in rhymed meter,
entitled Toẓe'ot Ḥayyim, which was published in the
Shetei Yadot (Venice, 1618, 142–50) of
menahem b. judah de lonzano . It contains 58 sections with
aphorisms on counsel, quickness, industry, humility, and other virtues.
A short acrostic poem prefaces the proverbs, each word ending with a
letter of his name. While the work contains no original ideas, it is
composed in a clear and beautiful style. A manuscript of the book is
extant in Paris (Bibliothèque Nationale, no. 1284). It is possible that
its author is identical with the communal worker Moses Nathan who lived
in the 14th century, known from Hebrew sources and also from
Christian documents, where he is referred to as Moses Naçan (Nazan). In
the takkanot issued in 1354 by the representatives of the
communities of Aragon when they met in Barcelona, Moses Nathan was the
first of the signatories. He may also be identical with the Mosse Açan
(Azan), who wrote a poem on chess that has survived in a Castilian
translation.
-BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Schirmann, Sefarad, 2 (1956), 541–3, 697; Davidson, Oẓar, 4 (1933), 449;
Baer, Urkunden, 1 (1929), 306–7, 350–9.
(Abraham David)
Encyclopedia Judaica.
1971.
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