Difference between revisions of "Isaac Ben-Joseph"

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<p> called also ISAAC DE CORBEL, was born in Corbeil. a city in France, towards the beginning of the 13th century, and died in 1280 according to Rossi (Jachia-Ghedalia and [[Abraham]] Zakuth say, the one 1240, the other 1270). He is the author of the celebrated work entitled עִמּוּדֵי גוֹלֶה, Ammudey Goleh (Constantinople, 1510, 4to; Cremona, 1557, 4to; and with glosses by [[Perez]] ben-Elia, and indications of the passages quoted from the [[Bible]] and the Talmud, Cracow, 1596, 4to). This work is taken from the גָּדֹל סֵפֶר מַצְוֹת (Sepher Mitzvoth Gadol) of [[Moses]] of Coucy, and is known also by the name of Semak (from the initials of the three [[Hebrew]] words Sepher Mitzvoth Katon). It contains a synopsis of the precepts of the [[Jewish]] religion. It is divided into seven parts, each containing regulations for one day of the week. [[Isaac]] wrote it in 1277, at the request of the French Jews, who desired to have a clear and convenient manual to guide them in matters pertaining to their religion. It is also known under the [[Latin]] title of Columnae captivitatis, and still more frequently as the Liber Preceptorum parvus. Several other copies of it were made by French as well as German Rabbis. Jekutiel [[Salmon]] ben- Mose, of Posen, made a compendium of the work (Cracow, 1579, 4to). See Bartolocci, Magna Biblioth. Rabbin.; Wolf, Biblioth.. Hebraica; Rossi, Dizion. storico degli Autori Ebrei; First, Biblioth. Judaica, 1, 186; Gratz, Gesch. d. Juden, 7:131; Jost, Gesch. l. Judenthums, 3, 33. (J. H. W.) </p>

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