Moses ben Isaac ben ha-Nessiah ( he, משה בן יצחק בן הנשיאה
) of
London was an English grammarian and lexicographer of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. His mother was probably a Jew nicknamed Comitissa of Cambridge.
In his youth he wrote a work (now lost) on Hebrew grammar entitled ''Leshon Limmudim''; it is referred to in his ''Sefer ha-Shoham'' ( he, ספר השהם
), or "Onyx Book," the title of which is an anagram of his name. The latter work (part of which was published at Oxford in 1882) shows some knowledge of Arabic and of the works of
Joseph Kimhi Joseph Qimḥi or Kimchi (1105–1170) ( he, יוסף קמחי) was a medieval Jewish rabbi and biblical commentator. He was the father of Moses and David Kimhi, and the teacher of Rabbi Menachem Ben Simeon and poet Joseph Zabara.
Grammarian, ...
.
The tombstone of a Rabbi Moses, son of Rabbi Isaac, was found at
Ludgate, London, in the time of
Elizabeth;
John Stow
John Stow (''also'' Stowe; 1524/25 – 5 April 1605) was an English historian and antiquarian. He wrote a series of chronicles of English history, published from 1565 onwards under such titles as ''The Summarie of Englyshe Chronicles'', ''The C ...
, in his "Survey of London" stated that it came from the Jewish cemetery in Jewin Street at the time of the
barons' revolt against
King John King John may refer to:
Rulers
* John, King of England (1166–1216)
* John I of Jerusalem (c. 1170–1237)
* John Balliol, King of Scotland (c. 1249–1314)
* John I of France (15–20 November 1316)
* John II of France (1319–1364)
* John I o ...
in 1215. If this is his tombstone Moses ben Isaac must have died before that date.
References
Sources
*
Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography: Renan-Neubauer, Les Rabbins Français, pp. 484–487; Winter and Wünsche, Die Jüdische Litteratur, ii. 205, 233; Rosin, in Monatsschrift, xxxii. 232-240; Jacobs, Jews of Angevin England, pp. 251, 253, 420.
Bibliography
* Klar, Benjamin &
Roth, CSefer ha-shoham, (The Onyx Book) ''
Jewish Historical Society of England'' (1947).
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13th-century English rabbis
Rabbis from London
Medieval Hebraists
Grammarians of Hebrew
English Orthodox Jews