Menachem ben Benjamin Recanati

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Menachem ben Benjamin Recanati (named after the city of Recanati ) was a Kabbalist in Italy at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries.

He was the only Italian Kabbalist of his time and wrote a mystical commentary on the Pentateuch (also translated into Latin).

Literature (selection)

  • Salomon Wininger 1925 ff., Vol. V, Article Menachem ben Benjamin Racanate (sic)
  • Ernst Müller, article RECANATI, MENACHEM ben BENJAMIN , in: Jüdisches Lexikon , Berlin 1927, Vol. IV / 1
personal data
SURNAME Recanati, Menachem ben Benjamin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Recanati, Menachem
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Kabbalist
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH 13th century or 14th century