Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
Joshua ben Levi — or Yehoshua ben Levi was an amora (Rabbi of the Jewish Talmud) who lived in the Land of Israel, of the first half of the third century. He headed the school of Lydda in southern Palestine. He was an elder contemporary of Johanan bar Nappaha and… … Wikipedia
JOSHUA BEN LEVI — (first half of the third century C.E.), Palestinian amora of the transition period from the tannaim to the amoraim. In his youth he was apparently in the company of Judah ha Nasi, since Joshua mentions the customs which he followed (Shab. 46a;… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
JOSHUA BEN ELIJAH HA-LEVI — JOSHUA BEN ELIJAH HA LEVI, collector and final editor of Judah Halevi s divan (Oxford, Bodl. Ms. No. 1971). Joshua lived, at the latest, in the 15th century, and was probably of Yemenite origin. From his Arabic preface to the Oxford divan (Ms. No … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Jehoschua ben Levi — (auch: Josua ben Levi), vielleicht Sohn des Levi b. Sissi, war ein bedeutender Amoräer der 1. Generation in Lydda und besonders durch seine Beschäftigung mit der Haggada einer der hervorragendsten Amoräer Palästinas in der 1. Hälfte des 3.… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Joshua (name) — Joshua is a Biblical masculine given name derived from the Hebrew Yehoshua (hebrew|יהושע), which has a meaning similar to God rescues or God is salvation . [ [http://www.direct.ca/trinity/yehoshua.html Yehoshua, Yeshua or Yeshu; Which one is the… … Wikipedia
HOROWITZ, ẒEVI JOSHUA BEN SAMUEL SHMELKE — (1735?–1816), East European rabbi. Horowitz appears to have been born in Nikolsburg. He married the daughter of phinehas ha levi horowitz , author of the Hafla ah. From 1781 to 1786 he was rabbi of Jamnitz, Moravia, from 1786–1800 in Trebitsch… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Joshua Lorki — Joshua ben Joseph ibn Vives al Lorqui (of Lorca) (fl. 1400) was a Spanish Jewish physician who lived at Alcañiz. In 1408, at the command of the rich and influential Benveniste ben Solomon ben Labi, he wrote a work in Arabic on the value and… … Wikipedia
Joshua Heschel Zoref — (b.1633) was a 17th century ascetic, and an important personality in the Lithuanian Sabbatean movement. During the messianic fervor of 1666, he claimed to experience visions similar to those of Ezekiel. He, like Judah Leib Prossnitz also,… … Wikipedia
LEVI BEN GERSHOM — (1288–1344; acronym: RaLBaG; also called Maestre Leo de Bagnols; Magister Leo Hebraeus; Gersonides), mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and biblical commentator, born probably at Bagnols sur Cèze (Languedoc – now département du Gard, France) … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Levi ben Japheth — (Heb. Levi ben Yafet ha Levi ; Arab. Abu Sa id Levi ibn Yafat was a Karaite Jewish scholar who flourished, probably at Jerusalem, in the first half of the eleventh century CE. Although, like his father Japheth ben Ali, he was considered one of… … Wikipedia
