Frat Maimon (also known as ''Prat Maimon'' or ''Solomon ben Menaham'') was a French Jewish

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scholar. A liturgical poet, he flourished in the second half of the 14th century. The name "Frat" is, according to Neubauer,

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and Adolphe Neubauer, ''Les Ecrivains Juifs Français'' (1893), p. 753. abbreviated from "Frater." Frat Maimon was the author of four works, which are known only by quotations made from them by three of his disciples: (1) ''Edut le-Yisrael'' (''A Testimony to Israel''), probably a controversial treatise on religion; (2) ''Netzer Mattai'', on the philosophical explanations of the

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found in the

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; (3) a commentary on the poem "Batte ha-Nefesh" of Levi ben Abraham; (4) comments on

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. His students included Nathanael ben Nehemiah Caspi,

Jacob ben Chayyim Comprat Vidal Farissol Jacob ben Chayyim Comprat Vidal Farissol was a French Jewish scholar of the early 15th century. Born in Avignon Avignon (, ; ; oc, Avinhon, label= Provençal or , ; la, Avenio) is the prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provenc ...

, and Solomon ben Judah of Lunel.

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