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Menz, Abraham Joseph ben Simon Wolf
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
Rabbi at Frankfort-on-the-Main at the beginning of the eighteenth century. He wrote an elementary text-book on mathematics entitled "Reshit Limmudim," in three parts: (1) "Kelale Handasah," the general rules of algebra; (2) "Yesodot ha-Gemaṭriot," the elements of geometry; (3) "Yesod ha-Tekunah," on astronomy; the first part only has been published (Berlin, 1775). It contains the first book of Euclid, rearranged, with many original examples by the author.
Bibliography:- Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. col. 702;
- Fürst, Bibl. Jud. 2:368;
- Zeitlin, Bibl. Hebr. p. 238;
- Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, 1:40;
- Benjacob, Oẓar ha-Sefarim, p. 542, No. 49.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Menz, Abraham Joseph ben Simon Wolf'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/m/menz-abraham-joseph-ben-simon-wolf.html. 1901.