Eliah ben Samuel ben Parnes of Stephanow
Eliah ben Samuel ben Parnes of Stephanow (Hebrew: אליה בן שמואל בן פרנס השטיפאני, fl. 15th century) was a Bulgarian Jewish Biblical commentator and poet.
Eliah lived in the second half of the fifteenth century, probably first at Widdin, and later at Constantinople. He maintained a correspondence on scientific subjects with Moses Capsali, Elijah Mizraḥi, and other Talmudical authorities.[1] In 1468 or 1469, he wrote a grammatical and allegorical commentary on the Pentateuch, entitled Sefer ha-Zikkaron ('The Book of Memory').[2] The commentary is followed by poetical pieces composed by the author, twelve of which are liturgical poems.[3]
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gottheil, Richard; Broydé, Isaac (1903). "Elijah ben Samuel ben Parnes of Stephanow". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 133.
- ^ Zunz, Leopold (1865). Literaturgeschichte der synagogalen Poesie (in German). Berlin: Louis Gerschel Verlagsbuchhandlung. p. 387.
- ^ Roest, M., ed. (1880–1881). Israelietische Letterbode: Driemaandelijksch Tijdschrift (in Dutch). Vol. 6–8. Amsterdam: Van Es & Joachimsthal. p. 55.
- ^ Neubauer, Adolf (1886). Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library and in the College Libraries of Oxford. Oxford: The Clarendon Press. p. 47.
