MARKON, ISAAC DOV BER — (1875–1949), Russian scholar and librarian. Markon was born in Rybinsk on the Volga and studied at the St. Petersburg University under D. Chwolson and at the hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary and the University of Berlin. He was librarian at the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BAER, SELIGMAN ISAAC — (1825–1897), Hebrew grammarian, masorah scholar, and liturgist. Born at Mosbach (Baden, Germany), Baer was a pupil of wolf heidenheim , who left him many of his manuscripts. At the age of 19 he turned to masoretic studies. franz delitzsch was… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
JOSEPH BEN SAMUEL BEN ISAAC HA-MASHBIR — (Rodi; d. 1700), Karaite author and scholar. Born in Derazhnya, Volhynia, Joseph was a pupil of Nisan Kukizow and a teacher of his son Mordechai b. Nisan kukizow . He helped Mordechai to answer the questions on the Karaites received from the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon … Encyclopedia of Judaism
POITOU — POITOU, region and former province of W. France, now included in the departments of Vendée, Deux Sèvres, and Vienne. In the Middle Ages Jews lived in at least 20 localities in Poitou, the most important of which were poitiers , Niort, Vitré,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
BEGHI — BEGHI, family of Karaite scholars in Constantinople (15th–17th centuries). Its members include: ELIJAH AFIDAH (AFDAH) BEGHI (d. before 1641). Elijah wrote Hilkhot Sheḥitah, on the rules of slaughtering; Be ur Asarah Ikkarim, on the ten principles … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Seligmann Baer — (* 18. September 1825 in Mosbach, jetzt Wiesbaden; † 31. März 1897 in Biebrich, ebenda) war ein deutscher jüdischer Gelehrter und Masora Spezialist. Von ihm stammen verschiedene Bibeltextausgaben und Werke zur jüdischen Liturgie.… … Deutsch Wikipedia
KALAI, SAMUEL BEN JOSEPH — (d. 1754), Karaite scholar of Chufut Qaleh, Crimea. He was the head of the study house in Chufut Qaleh. After his demise Simḥah Isaac Luzki occupied his place. He wrote Me il Shemu el (which survived in several mss. in St. Petersburg, NY, Oxford … Encyclopedia of Judaism
