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Joshua Höschel ben Meïr
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
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Rabbinical author; lived in the eighteenth century; died at Jerusalem; a contemporary of Elijah Wilna. Hewrote "Maẓmiaḥ Yeshu'ah" (Nowydwor, 1782), in two parts: the first consists of a commentary on the "Mordekai" of R. Mordecai b. Hillel; and the second, entitled "Yeshu'ot Ya'aḳob," comprises objections to the critical notes written on the "Bet Ya'aḳob," besides novellæ on Baba Ḳamma. Joshua was also the author of "Yeshua' be-Rosh" (Shklov, 1788), a commentary on Rosh to Baba Ḳamma, Baba Meẓi'a, and Baba Batra.
Bibliography:
- Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, p. 229;
- Walden, Shem ha-Gedolim he-Hadash, 1:41, 2:49;
- Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, pp. 231, 363;
- Zedner, Cat. Hebr. Books Brit. Mus. p. 561.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Joshua Höschel ben Meïr'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/j/joshua-hapschel-ben-mea-r.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Joshua Höschel ben Meïr'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/j/joshua-hapschel-ben-mea-r.html. 1901.
