Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
Gershom ben Judah — Gershom ben Judah, (c. 960 1040? 1028?) best known as Rabbeinu Gershom (Hebrew: רבנו גרשום, Our teacher Gershom ) and also commonly known to scholars of Judaism by the title Rabbeinu Gershom Me Or Hagolah ( Our teacher Gershom the light of the… … Wikipedia
Gershom ben-Judah — (c. 960–1028) German Talmud scholar. Rabbi Gershom’s reputation was so high that he was known as Meor ha Golah, ‘The Light of the Exile’. He seems to have been born in Metz, in Lorraine, but he lived in Mainz, where he had his academy.… … Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
GERSHOM BEN JUDAH ME'OR HA-GOLAH — (c. 960–1028), one of the first great German talmudic scholars and a spiritual molder of German Jewry. Few biographical details are known of Gershom, most of the stories about him being of a legendary nature. He was apparently born in Metz, but… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Gershom ben Judah — ▪ German Jewish scholar born c. 960, Metz, Lorraine [now in France] died 1028/40, Mainz, Franconia [Germany] eminent rabbinical scholar who proposed a far reaching series of legal enactments (taqqanot) that profoundly molded the social… … Universalium
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
MACHIR BEN JUDAH — (first half 11th century), younger brother of gershom b. judah , the Light of the Exile. Machir was the author of Alef Bet de Rabbi Makhir. This work was in the possession of Rashi and the tosafists, who quote from it (Rashi, Gen. 43:11; Pes.… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Judah Messer Leon (1166) — Judah ben Isaac Messer Leon (1166 ndash; 1224) was a French tosafist born in Paris. According to Gross he was probably a descendant of Rashi, and a pupil of Isaac ben Samuel of Dampierre and his son Elhanan. He married a daughter of Abraham ben… … Wikipedia
ISAAC BEN JUDAH OF MAINZ — (11th century), German scholar; teacher of rashi . Practically no biographical details are known of him or his family. The description given by J.N. Epstein (see bibliography) of the characteristics of the yeshivah of Mainz during the period that … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SHALOM, ABRAHAM BEN ISAAC BEN JUDAH BEN SAMUEL — (d. 1492), Catalonian (Spain) philosopher and translator of philosophical writings. Shalom is known to have translated two works from Latin into Hebrew: a compendium of the physical sciences by albertus magnus , Philosophia Pauperum, under the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
CRESCAS (or Cresques), ḤASDAI BEN JUDAH — (c. 1340–winter 1410–11), Catalonian rabbi, philosopher, and statesman. Crescas was born into an old Barcelonan family of rabbis and merchants. He studied Talmud and philosophy there under Rabbi nissim b. reuben gerondi (c. 1310–1376) and… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
