Joseph ben Kalonymus ha-Nakdan
Joseph ben Kalonymus ha-Nakdan (Hebrew: יוסף בן קלונימוס הנקדן; fl. early 13th century) was a German grammarian, Masorite, and poet. He was the grandson of grammarian Samson Ha-Nakdan.[1]
He was the author of a long acrostic poem on the accents, with a commentary.[2] Joseph also composed several piyyutim. Among his known works are:[3][4]
- אדיר במרום ('Mighty in the Heights') and מלך אליון ('Exalted Kings'), both preserved in a French maḥzor dated to 1278;
- A kinah beginning with אמרר בבכי; and
- A seliḥah beginning with אזעק חמס קורות, in memory of the martyrs of the 1235 blood libel massacre in Fulda.
References
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gottheil, Richard; Broydé, Isaac (1904). "Joseph ben Kalonymus ha-Naḳdan". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 268.
- ^ David, Abraham (2007). "Joseph ben Kalonymus Ha-Nakdan I". In Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred (eds.). Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.
- ^ Berliner, A., ed. (1886). Ta'amei emet im be'ur be-ḥaruzim me'et ha-Nakdan Yosef bar Kalonymus (in German and Hebrew). Rosenstein & Hildesheimer.
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Gottheil, Richard; Broydé, Isaac (1904). "Joseph ben Kalonymus ha-Naḳdan". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 268.
- ^ Brüll, N., ed. (1887). Jahrbuch für jüdische Geschichte und Literatur. Vol. 8. Frankfurt: W. Erras. pp. 118–121.
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