Ephraim ben Isaac
Efraim ben Isaak (* around 1110 in Regensburg ; † around 1175 there), also known as Efraim the Great of Regensburg , was a scribe and poet of the 12th century.
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Efraim ben Isaac emerged as a liturgical poet (Pajtan). His 32 preserved pijjutim (liturgical poems) are among the best that the German school of poets produced in the Middle Ages. His pijjutim found their way into the prayer books and were recited well into the 18th century. Efraim ben Isaak's comments on the Talmud tracts Pirqe Avot and the Seder Nesiqin were lost in 1519 at the latest when the pogrom in Regensburg - which also violently ended the 350-year history of Regensburg as an important Jewish center - the Talmud school was looted and the valuable parchments were confiscated were.
He was one of the oldest students of Rabbenu Tam , with whom he studied as a young man. After his return from France he settled in Regensburg , where he was probably born, and set up a rabbinical college with Isak ben Mordechai and Moses ben Abraham. He spent most of his life in Regensburg, where his son Moses - also an important scribe - and his grandson Judah - a student of Eleazar von Worms - lived.
His students were:
- Efraim ben Jakob (1132–1200; Efraim from Bonn )
- Menachem ben Jakob ben Solomon ben Menachem (also: Menachem von Worms ) (died: April 16, 1203 in Worms ).
See also
Works
- Ephraim von Regensburg: Hymns and prayers (= Judaic texts and studies. Vol. 10). Ed., Translated into German and explained by Hans-Georg von Mutius . Olms, Hildesheim 1988, ISBN 3-487-09086-4 .
literature
- Andreas Angerstorfer : The broadcast of the Talmud school and the Bet Din from Regensburg from France to Kiev (1170–1220). In: Edith Feistner (Hrsg.): The medieval Regensburg in the center of Europe. Schnell + Steiner, Regensburg 2006, ISBN 3-7954-1803-8 , pp. 55-69.
- Abraham Meir Habermann: Liturgical Poems of Efrayim bar Yishaq of Regensburg. In: Studies of the Research Institute for Hebrew Poetry in Jerusalem. Vol. 4 (1938), pp. 119-195.
Web links
- Literature by and about Efraim ben Isaak in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry in the Jewish Encyclopedia (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ephraim ben Isaac |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ephraim the Great of Regensburg; Ephraim ben Isaak ben Abraham |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish-German scribe and liturgical poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1110 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | regensburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1175 |
| Place of death | regensburg |