Aaron ben Joseph

Aaron ben Joseph (* around 1260 in Sudak , Crimea ; † around 1320) was a Karaean scribe .

Life

Aaron ben Joseph was a doctor and lived in Constantinople . He wrote commentaries on the Pentateuch , on the earlier and later prophets and on the Psalms, and worked out a grammatical and exegetical manual. Aaron ben Joseph also created a Karaite order of prayer and composed short excerpts for each week of the Mosaic books, which he included in his prayer book . His Mibchar Jesharim was commented on by Elias ben Abraham about 250 years after its creation .

Works

Sefer ha-Mibchar (Commentary on the Pentateuch)
Mibchar Jescharim (Commentary on the Former Prophets and Isaiah)
Kelil jofi (Crown of Beauty)
Eupatoria
Seder tefillot (prayer ritual)

literature

Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Aaron ben Joseph. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 1. ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )

Individual evidence

↑ Isaak Markus Jost: History of the Israelites from the time of the Maccabeans up to our days , Volume VIII, Schlesingersche Buch- und Musikhandlung, Berlin, 1828, p. 142

Web links

Aaron Ben-Joseph. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 1, Leipzig 1732, column 24.

personal data
SURNAME	Aaron ben Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Karaean scribe
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1260
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sudak , Crimea
DATE OF DEATH	around 1320

[1] Isaak Markus Jost: History of the Israelites from the time of the Maccabeans up to our days , Volume VIII, Schlesingersche Buch- und Musikhandlung, Berlin, 1828, p. 142