Acharonim1550–1626Jerusalem; Constantinople; Italy
Rabbi Menachem de Lonzano
The text of the Bible, lexicography, Kabbalah and poetry
- Shtei Yadot
- Or Torah
- Ma’arikh
- Avodat HaMikdash
- Derekh Chaim
- The text of the Bible
- Masorah
- Midrash Agur
- The Ramdal
The text of the Bible, lexicography, Kabbalah and poetry
Deciding the text of the Bible by the manuscripts and the Masorah: Or Torah rests on more than ten manuscripts of the Bible and on the books of the earlier correctors of the Bible, and together with the words of the Ramah (Rabbi Meir HaLevi Abulafia) and the author of Minchat Shai it became the determinant of the accepted text of the Bible. In his wanderings he came upon ancient manuscripts of the Sages’ midrashim and worked to publish them.
A rabbi, kabbalist, poet, researcher of the Masorah and editor of midrashic books, and one of the early immigrants to the Land of Israel. According to a letter of recommendation he was born in Pesaro, Italy; he went up to Jerusalem after 1575 and died there before 1626. He wrote Shtei Yadot (Venice, 1618), a book of ten works: five of his own, among them Or Torah, for clarifying the text of the Bible according to the Masorah, and Ma’arikh, a supplement to the Arukh, and five ancient works of the Sages that he edited.
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