Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
SHEMARIAH BEN ELIJAH BEN JACOB — (Ikriti; 1275–1355), philosopher and biblical commentator. Though probably born in Rome, he is known as Ikriti ( the Cretan ) because, when he was still a child, his family moved to Crete, where his father had been called as a rabbi; he is also… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Shemariah of Negropont — Shemariah ben Elijah Ikriti of Negropont (born c. 1275) (Hebrew: שמריה בן אליהו האיקריטי) was an Jewish Italian philosopher and Biblical exegete, contemporary of Dante and Immanuel. He was born probably at Rome, the descendant of a long line of… … Wikipedia
KARAITES — (Heb. בַּעֲלֵי מִקְרָא ,בְּנֵי מִקְרָא ,קָרָאִים, Qaraʾim, Benei Miqra, Ba alei Miqra; Ar. Qarāʾiyyūn), Jewish sect which came into being toward the middle of the ninth century. (See Map: karaite Settlement). Its doctrine is characterized… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Judah Leon ben Moses Mosconi — (born 1328) was a Bulgarian scholar and Talmudist born at Ocrida. Owing to the wars which agitated Bulgaria in the 14th century, Mosconi left his native country about 1360. He traveled in all the three continents of the Old World. He was in Chios … Wikipedia
CRETE — (Candia), the fourth largest island, 160 mi. (248 km.) long, in the Mediterranean Sea and the largest Greek island, lying 60 mi. (96 km) from the Peloponnesus. Crete is apparently identical with the biblical caphtor , the original home of the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KIRIMI, ABRAHAM — (14th century), Crimean rabbi and Bible commentator. One of the first Jewish scholars in the Crimea, Abraham was named Kirimi after the town of Eski Krym (Solkhat). He wrote a commentary to the Pentateuch entitled Sefat Emet. In a poem which… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MUELHAUSEN, YOM TOV LIPMANN — (14th–15th centuries), scholar, polemist, philosopher, kabbalist, and one of the great rabbis of Bohemia in his time. His name indicates that he, or his family, probably originally came from Mulhouse in Alsace; all that is known with certainty,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
OCHRIDA — (ancient Lychnidos), town on Lake Ohrid/Ochrida in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. There were Jews living in Ochrida during the Middle Ages. The scholar judah leon mosconi lived in Ochrida. He studied under Shemariah ha Ikriti (the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
