Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
TREVES, JOHANAN BEN MATTATHIAS — (d. 1429), French rabbi. Treves was ordained by his father Mattathias b. Joseph. He was a son in law of the procurator general, manessier de vesoul . Treves first served as rabbi to a single French community but on the death of his father in 1385 … Encyclopedia of Judaism
TREVES, JOHANAN BEN JOSEPH — (1490?–1557?), Italian rabbi and scholar. His place of birth is unknown. In his youth he studied together with Joseph of Arles in the yeshivah of moses navarro in Ferrara, where he later became a member of the bet din. For about 20 years he… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
TREVES — TREVES, a ramified family which produced scores of scholars, rabbis, and communal workers. It is usually assumed that the family s origins were in Troyes, France, rashi s birthplace, from where it spread throughout Italy and Germany. Others hold… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
LURIA — (Lourie, Lurje, Loria, Lurja), well known family traceable to the 14th century. The Luria family spread throughout Germany, Bohemia, Eastern Europe, Italy, and Oriental countries. The name perhaps derives from Loria, a small town near bassano in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MEIR BEN BARUCH HA-LEVI — (d. 1404), German scholar; colleague of abraham klausner . Meir came from Fulda. His chronology is obscure, but it is now generally held that his first rabbinic post was in Erfurt, where Hillel Ha Zaken of Erfurt was his pupil, and that he… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KABBALAH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction general notes terms used for kabbalah the historical development of the kabbalah the early beginnings of mysticism and esotericism apocalyptic esotericism and merkabah… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
PIYYUT — (Heb. פִּיּוּט; plural: piyyutim; from the Greek ποιητής), a lyrical composition intended to embellish an obligatory prayer or any other religious ceremony, communal or private. In a wider sense, piyyut is the totality of compositions composed in … Encyclopedia of Judaism
GENEALOGY — In the Bible Genealogical lists in the Bible are of two main types: (1) those which are simply lists of historical, ethnographic, and even legendary traditions, and which constitute most of the lists in Genesis that are called generations or… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
FLORENCE — (It. Firenze) city in Tuscany, central Italy. There is no evidence of a Jewish community in the Roman City of Florentia. Early medieval documents preserved in the Florence Archives mention names that can be Jewish. The first evidence of a Jewish… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Tobiah ben Eliezer — (Hebrew: טוביה בר אליעזר) was a Talmudist and poet of the 11th century, author of the Leḳaḥ Ṭob or Pesiḳta Zuṭarta, a midrashic commentary on the Pentateuch and the Five Megillot. Zunz (G. V. pp. 293 et seq.) inferred from Tobiah s reference to… … Wikipedia
