Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
Jeshua ben Judah — Jeshua ben Judah[1] was a Karaite scholar, exegete and philosopher, who lived in eleventh century Iraq (or Persia, according to some sources) or at Jerusalem. He was pupil of Joseph ben Abraham ha Ro eh. Jeshua was considered one of the highest… … Wikipedia
JESHUA BEN JUDAH — (sometimes erroneously called Joshuaben Judah; his Arabic name was Abū al Faraj Furqān ibn Asad; second half of the 11th century), Karaite scholar who lived in Jerusalem. A worthy pupil of his distinguished teacher Yūsuf al Baṣīr (Joseph ha Ro… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MEKHILTA OF R. SIMEON BEN YOḤAI — (Aram. דְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַאי מְכִילְתָּא) (MS), a halakhic Midrash on Exodus from the school of R. akiva , which is attributed to R. Simeon b. Yohai because of his exposition at the beginning of the book. Several rishonim knew this… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BEN SIRA, WISDOM OF — (also called Ecclesiasticus), a work of the Apocrypha, which, though usually known by this name, may have been called by its author, The Words of Simeon b. Jeshua, the title found on the Hebrew fragments. In Greek the book is called Σοφία (ʾIήσου … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Joseph ben Abraham — (Heb. Yosef ben Avraham ha Kohen, also known as Yusuf al Basir [ [http://www.muslimphilosophy.com/ip/rep/J052.htm Karaism ] ] ) was a Karaite philosopher and theologian who flourished in Babylonia or Persia in the first half of the eleventh… … Wikipedia
Jacob ben Reuben (Karaite) — Jacob ben Reuben (יעקב בן ראובן) was a Karaite scholar and Bible exegete of the eleventh century. He wrote a brief Hebrew language commentary on the entire Bible, which he entitled Sefer ha Osher, because, as he says in the introduction, the… … Wikipedia
TOBIAS BEN MOSES HA-AVEL — (or ha Ma tik, the translator ; 11th century), karaite scholar. He laid the theoretical and educational foundations for establishing the Karaites in the Byzantine milieu. According to Elijah Bashyaẓi (Iggeret Gid ha Nasheh, 4a) Tobias studied… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BAṢĪR, JOSEPH BEN ABRAHAM HA-KOHEN HARO'EH AL- — (Yūsuf al Basir; first half of 11th century), Karaite halakhist and philosopher, who originated from Iraq or Persia. Because he was blind he was euphemistically called al Basīr Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb ha Ro eh ( the Seeing ). Many Karaite authors… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
DAVID BEN BOAZ — (also called David ha Nasi or Abu Saʿīd David ben Boaz; 10th–11th centuries), Karaite scholar. According to Karaite tradition, David was a fifth generation removed from anan b. david b. boaz . It is reported that his father died a martyr. One… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ISRAEL (ben Samuel?) HA-DAYYAN HA-MA'ARAVI — (d. before 1354), Karaite scholar living in cairo . Israel, with his pupil japheth b. david ibn Ṣaghīr, is reported to have overcome the last vestiges of opposition to the reform of the Karaite law of incest, begun by jeshua b. judah and others… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
