- Shemariah
- Whom Jehovah guards.1) One who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:5).2) Ezra 10:32, 41.
Easton's Bible Dictionary. M.G. Easton. 1897.
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Shemariah ben Elhanan — was head of the yeshibah of Cairo, Egypt, about the end of the 10th century. Abraham ibn Daud ( Sefer ha Ḳabbalah, in A. Neubauer, M. J. C. i. 68) relates that Ibn Rumaḥis (or Ibn Demahin), an Arab admiral, had captured four scholars who were… … Wikipedia
Shemariah of Negropont — Shemariah ben Elijah Ikriti of Negropont (born c. 1275) (Hebrew: שמריה בן אליהו האיקריטי) was an Jewish Italian philosopher and Biblical exegete, contemporary of Dante and Immanuel. He was born probably at Rome, the descendant of a long line of… … Wikipedia
SHEMARIAH BEN ELHANAN — (d. 1011), scholar in egypt . According to the legend of Abraham ibn Daud (G.D. Cohen (ed.), The Book of Tradition (1967), 64), Shemariah was one of four captives who were taken prisoner in c. 970 while on a journey to collect contributions for… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SHEMARIAH BEN ELIJAH BEN JACOB — (Ikriti; 1275–1355), philosopher and biblical commentator. Though probably born in Rome, he is known as Ikriti ( the Cretan ) because, when he was still a child, his family moved to Crete, where his father had been called as a rabbi; he is also… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Shemariah Catarivas — was a Talmudic writer of the eighteenth century. He was originally from Tiberias, and went to Tunis in 1750 as alms collector, settling there after a sojourn in Algiers. He gained a reputation for scholarship and piety. Catarivas was an intimate… … Wikipedia
EPHRAIM BEN SHEMARIAH — (c. 980–c. 1060), leader of the Palestinian community in cairo during the first half of the 11th century. Ephraim s father, Shemariah, was born in gaza and later moved to egypt with his family. Ephraim himself studied in the Palestinian yeshivah … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ELHANAN BEN SHEMARIAH — (d. 1026), head of the academy in Fostat (Old Cairo), Egypt, at the beginning of the 11th century. Elhanan studied at the Pumbedita academy during the gaonate of sherira with whom he later exchanged responsa as he did with the latter s son and… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Ephraim ben Shemariah — (c. 980 1060) Egyptian rabbi. He was leader of the Palestinian community in Fostat (Old Cairo). Although he was engaged in commerce, he became the community s rabbi in about 1020. He corresponded with the gaon Solomon ben Judah for many years … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
Ikriti, Shemariah — (1275 1355) Italian philosopher and biblical commentator. He was brought up in Crete and spent most of his life in Italy. In 1352 he went to Spain on an unsuccessful mission to reconcile Karaites and Rabbinites; he was accused of messianic… … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
GENIZAH, CAIRO — Introduction The term genizah is a word shortened from the rabbinical Hebrew phrase bet genizah (see also genizah ). Its counterpart in late biblical Hebrew is genez (pl. genazim, ginzei) which in Esther evidently means a treasury, as well as the … Encyclopedia of Judaism
