NAGARI (NAʿARI), MOSES BEN JUDAH

NAGARI (Naʿari), MOSES BEN JUDAH (14th century), philosopher. Nagari probably lived in Rome around 1300. He is the author of Ma'amar ba-Ma'arekhet, an index to Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed, which also contains explanations of philosophical terms. This work was printed together with questions on the Guide addressed to isaac abrabanel by Saul Cohen (Venice, 1574; reprinted in Abrabanel, Ketavim al-Maḥashevet Yisrael, vol. 3, 1967). Steinschneider suggested that Nagari's name should be read Naʿari and that he was a member of the Ne'arim (Adolescentoli) family. He also corrected certain mistaken notions about Nagari (Cat Bod, 1834). -BIBLIOGRAPHY: Benjacob, Oẓar, 282 (no. 204), 355 (no. 33).