David Alroy

David Alroy , also David Alrui , actually Menachem ben Suleiman Al-Ruhi , (* 12th century in Amediye , Kurdistan) was a Jewish scholar and pseudomessiah.

Life

David Alroy studied at the Jeshiva Ga'on Ja'aqov in Baghdad and was " well versed in the Torah of Jisra'el, in the Halacha, in the Talmud and in all the sciences of Muslims". In Amediye he rose up against the ruler of Persia and tried to rally the Jews of the region in order to free Jerusalem and "lead them out of the bondage of the Gentiles". He was imprisoned in the city of Tabarik / Persia. Having miraculously escaped from there, he went back to Amediye. Allegedly he was murdered in his sleep by his father-in-law.

Benjamin Disraeli wrote the novel The Wondrous Tale of Alroy about Alroy in 1833 .

literature

Stefan Schreiner (ed.): Benjamin von Tudela , Petachja von Regensburg : Jewish journeys in the Middle Ages. Dieterich Collection, Leipzig 1991, ISBN 3735001408 , pp. 85–89.
Solomon ibn Verga: The Book of Shevet Jehuda. Translated from Hebrew into German by M. Wiener. Hanover 1856 pp. 99-102.
Heinrich Graetz: History of the Jews, Vol. VI, Leipzig 1861, pp. 247-250.
Harris Lenowitz: The Jewish Messiahs. From the Galilee to Crown Heights. Oxford 2001, ISBN 9780195148374 , pp. 81-91.
Abraham N. Poliak: ALROY, DAVID. In: Encyclopaedia Judaica . 2nd Edition. Volume 2, Detroit / New York a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-0-02-865930-5 , pp. 5-6 (English).
Jonas Kreppel: The false messiah (Yiddish). Historical narrative. Przemysl 1924.

Web links

M. Abrahams: ALROY, or ALRUI, DAVID. In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906.

Individual evidence

↑ John F. Oppenheimer (Red.) And a .: Lexicon of Judaism. 2nd Edition. Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, Gütersloh u. a. 1971, ISBN 3-570-05964-2 , col. 37.

personal data
SURNAME	Alroy, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	David Alrui; Menachem ben Suleiman Al-Ruhi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Jewish scholar and pseudomessiah
DATE OF BIRTH	12th Century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Amediye
DATE OF DEATH	12th century or 13th century

[1] John F. Oppenheimer (Red.) And a .: Lexicon of Judaism. 2nd Edition. Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, Gütersloh u. a. 1971, ISBN 3-570-05964-2 , col. 37.