David ibn Ya'ish explained
| David ibn Ya'ish |
| Nationality: | Spanish |
| Occupation: | Writer |
David ibn Ya'ish (c. 1375) was a Spanish Jewish writer. Moses ha-Kohen de Tordesillas dedicated his work to him.[1] [2] Representative of the community of Seville and contemporary of Asher b. Jehiel. He was probably a brother of Solomon b. Abraham ibn Ya'ish and the father of the Solomon b. David ibn Ya'ish mentioned by Judah b. Asher ("Zikron Yehudah," p. 12a).[3]
References
- Ibn Verga, Shebeṭ Yehudah, 18, 31;
- Grätz, Gesch. vii. 541 et seq.;
- Steinschneider, Hebr. Uebers. pp. 686, 939;
- Hebr. Bibl. vi. 115 (on the identity), xvii. 119, xix. 93 et seq.;
- Jost's Annalen, i. 231, 302;
- Asher b. Jehiel, Responsa, Nos. 13, 2; 18, 1.D. M. K.
Notes and References
- The Classical Tradition . Anthony Grafton, Glenn W. Most, Salvatore Settis - 2010 "around 1375 David ibn Yaish of Seville translated a lost Greek work,"
- YA'ISH, DAVID B. ABRAHAM IBN: Gotthard Deutsch Meyer Kayserling
- Web site: YA'ISH, DAVID B. ABRAHAM IBN - JewishEncyclopedia.com. jewishencyclopedia.com.
