Menachem ben Benjamin Recanati
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
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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 |