Abraham Bedersi
Abraham Bedersi (Hebrew: אברהם בדרשי) was a Languedoc Jewish poet; he was born in Béziers (whence his surname Bedersi, or native of Béziers). An elegy which he composed during his youth, upon the Confiscation of the Books of the Law, is supposed by some scholars to refer to the burning of the Talmud in Paris about the year 1242; by others, to the confiscation of the Talmud in Aragon in 1264, as the direct result of the Barcelona controversy. If the latter view is correct, Bedersi may well have flourished about the year 1240 (Leopold Zunz, Z.G, p.
Also recorded as Avraham ben Yitshak Bedersi · Abraham ben Isaac
Abraham Bedersi
- Born
- 1240 · Béziers.
- Died
- 1296
- Nationality
- France · Crown of Aragon · Provence
- Occupation
- poet · rabbi
- Teachers
- Jehoseph ben Hanan ben Nathan Ezobi
- Languages
- Hebrew · Catalan · Occitan
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Abraham Bedersi (Hebrew: אברהם בדרשי) was a Languedoc Jewish poet; he was born in Béziers (whence his surname Bedersi, or native of Béziers). An elegy which he composed during his youth, upon the Confiscation of the Books of the Law, is supposed by some scholars to refer to the burning of the Talmud in Paris about the year 1242; by others, to the confiscation of the Talmud in Aragon in 1264, as the direct result of the Barcelona controversy. If the latter view is correct, Bedersi may well have flourished about the year 1240 (Leopold Zunz, Z.G, p.
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Born at Béziers in 1240, died in 1296.
Training under Jehoseph ben Hanan ben Nathan Ezobi is recorded. The recorded working language is Hebrew, Catalan and Occitan. Places of work recorded in the authority are Perpignan.
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