Tobia ben Eliezer
Tobiah ben Eliezer ( Heb. טוביה בן אליעזר) was probably from Greece , according to others from Magenza / Mainz originating in Kastoria acting Jewish scholar and poet of the 11th century and was especially as the author of a midrash -Sammlung to Torah and Megillot under the title Lekach tov ( לקח טוב“Good teaching”) - with these words from Prov. 4,2 the work begins - known.
The work was also handed down under the title Pesikta zuarta .
Works
- Salomon Buber (ed.): Lekach-Tob (Pesikta Sutarta). An Agadic commentary on the first and second books of Moses by R. Tobia ben Elieser. Wilna 1880, reprinted unpublished
- JM Padwa (ed.): Midrash Leqah Tov ... al Hamisha Humshe Torah (Wajjiqra, Bemidbar, Devarim). Wilna 1880, reprinted unpublished
Literature (selection)
- Leopold Zunz , Divine Service Lectures , 1832
- Isaak Markon, article TOBIA ben ELIESER , in: Jüdisches Lexikon 1927, Vol. IV / 2
- Hermann Leberecht Strack , Günter Stemberger : Introduction in Talmud and Midrash , 7th edition, Beck, Munich 1982
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tobia ben Eliezer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish scholar in Bulgaria |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 10th century or 11th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 11th century or 12th century |