Menachem ben Saruq
Menachem ben Jakob ibn Saruq (Hebrew רַבִּי מְנַחֵם בֶּן סָרוּק, abbreviated רמב״ס, also Menahem b. Saruk etc .; * approx. 920 in Tortosa ; † approx. 970 ) was a Sephardic philologist and poet .
He lived in Cordoba . His Hebrew dictionary Machberet was sharply criticized by his opponent Dunasch ben Labrat and his students due to a lack of scientific knowledge, but this book has the merit of being the first reasonably complete dictionary of the Hebrew language, which also sorts the word stems according to language roots. It has been used extensively for centuries.
The disputes over this dictionary gave rise to the discovery of tri-radicalism .
Literature (selection)
- Hersch Filipowski: Machberet. London and Edinburgh 1854.
- Wilhelm Bacher : Hebrew Linguistics. Trier 1892.
- Max Mayer: Article MENACHEM ben SARUK , in: Jüdisches Lexikon . Berlin 1927, Vol. IV / 1.
- A. Sáenz-Badillos; J. Targarona Borrás: Diccionario de autores judios (Sefarad. Siglos X-XV). Estudios de Cultura Hebrea 10. Córdoba 1988, pp. 63-64.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Menachem ben Saruq |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Menachem ben Jacob ibn Saruq; Menahem ben Saruk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tortosa |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 970 |