Abraham ben Daniel
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| Born | 1511 Modena, Duchy of Modena and Reggio |
| Died | 1578 (aged 66–67) |
| Language | Hebrew |
Abraham ben Daniel of Modena (Hebrew: אברהם בן דניאל ממודינה, romanized: Avraham ben Daniyyel mi-Modina; 1511–1578) was an Italian poet and rabbi.
Biography
Abraham ben Daniel was born in the northern Italian city of Modena in the summer of 1511. He went abroad in the winter of 1530, first to Mantua, where he was a tutor with four families for six years. He was afterwards a tutor at Viadana, Modena, Rivarolo, Arezzo, and Forlì, and finally he became rabbi at Ferrara.[1]
From 1536 to 1552, despite persistent medical issues, he composed over a thousand poetical prayers in various metre and forms, mostly in Hebrew but with six in Aramaic.[1] Several of the poems were autobiographical, written for friends, or based on historical events.[2][3][4] One of them is in honour of his cousin Hadassah, whom he married in October 1539.[1] A manuscript collection of his prayers in the Bodleian Library (as of 1901) bears the title Sefer ha-Yashar ('The Book of the Righteous').[5]
According to Adolf Neubauer, Abraham ben Daniel "had not the slightest poetical talent."[5]
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Kayserling, Meyer (1901). "Abraham ben Daniel". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 101.
- ^ a b c Zunz, Leopold (1865). Literaturgeschichte der synagogalen Poesie (in German). Berlin: Louis Gerschel Verlagsbuchhandlung. p. 535.
- ^ Cassuto, Umberto (Moses David) (2007). "Abraham ben Daniel". In Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred (eds.). Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.
- ^ Zunz, Leopold (1850). Zaks, Shneur (ed.). Ha-Palit (in Hebrew). Berlin: S. Löwenherz. p. 25. hdl:2027/hvd.hnk49j.
- ^ Hirschfeld, Hartwig (April 1902). "Descriptive Catalogue of Hebrew MSS. of the Montefiore Library". The Jewish Quarterly Review. 14 (3): 633. doi:10.2307/1450464. JSTOR 1450464.
- ^ a b Neubauer, Adolf (1886). Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library and in the College Libraries of Oxford. Vol. 1. Clarendon Press.
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