Efraim ben Jacob
Efraim (Ephraim) ben Jakob ben Kalonymos from Bonn , also Efrayim Ben-Yaʻaqov (* 1132 or 1133; † 1200 or 1221 ) was a rabbi , chronicler , Talmudist and liturgical poet .
Life
He was the son of the Jew Jakob in Bonn, grandson of Kalonymos and brother of Kalonymos ben Jakob and Hillel ben Jakob .
Ephraim was a disciple of the rabbi Ephraim ben Isaac . He wrote about the persecution of Jews in Germany, England and France during the Second Crusade (1147), reported on the Jewish massacres in Blois (1171), York (1189–1190) and London (1190).
He was the successor of the rabbi Joel ben Isaac ha-Levi in Bonn, but also taught in Mainz and Speyer .
literature
- Avrāhām Mē'îr Haberman: Efraim ben Jakob ben Kalonymos from Bonn. 1970.
- Jakob Freimann: Article EFRAIM ben JAKOB from BONN. In: Jewish Lexicon . Berlin 1927, Volume II.
- Hans-Georg von Mutius: The Pijjut "Äl Ächad Jachid" of Ephraim of Bonn. A short article on the theology and piety of the Jews in the medieval Rhineland. In: Judaica. 37: 65-69 (1981).
- Ephraim ben Jacob. In: Josef Niesen : Bonner Personenlexikon. 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. Bouvier, Bonn 2008, ISBN 978-3-416-03180-6 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Efraim ben Jakob in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ephraim ben Jacob de Bonna in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"
- Ephraim ben Jacob: The Ritual Murder Accusation at Blois, May, 1171
- Ephraim ben Jakob in the Jewish Enzyclopedia
Individual evidence
- ↑ Efraim ben Jakob in the Jewish Encyclopedia
- ^ Like other sources, the German National Library mentions the year of death 1221.
- ↑ He is likely to have been a descendant of the Kalonymiden family.
- ^ Gerhard Krause: Theological Real Encyclopedia. Volume 26, Verlag de Gruyter, 1996, ISBN 3-11-015155-3 , p. 638 ( excerpt )
- ↑ Short entry in The Blackwell Dictionary of Judaica ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Efraim ben Jacob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ephraim ben Jakob, Efraim ben Jakob ben Kalonymos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish chronicler in Germany |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1132 or 1133 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1200 or 1221 |