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Jeshua (ha-Lewi) ben-Josef

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Jeshua (Ha-Lewi) Ben-Josef

a Jewish writer of the 15th century, is the author of הֲלַיכוֹת עוֹלָם, or a methodology of the Talmud (Constantinople, 1510, and often since). It was translated into Latin by L'Empereur, under the title, Clavis Talmudica (Leyden, 1635); also by Bashuysen, Clavis Talumudica Maxima (Hanau, 1714); and by Struve, Logicae Hebraica Rudimenta (Jena, 1697). See First, Bibl. Jud. 2:64 sq. (B.P.)