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Benveniste
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or a name common to a number of Jewish writers, of whom we mention the following. (See BENBENISTA).
1. CHAJIM, rabbi at Smyrna, was born in 1600 at Constantinople, and died in 1673. He is the author of ס 8 כנסת הגדולה, an extensive commentary on the Arba Turim of Jacob ben-Asheri (q.v.), published at Constantinople and Lvorno.
2. ISRAEL, who died at Constantinople in 1627, wrote ס 8 בֵּית יַשְׂרָאֵל, or a collection of fifty-two lectures on the Pentateuch, repentance, etc., edited by his son Abraham (Constantinople, 1678).
3. JOSHUA, a brother of Chajim, author of יְהוֹשֻׁע אָזְנֵי, or sixty-seven lectures on the Pentateuch, edited by S. Gaabbai (Constantinople, 1677); שְׂדֵה יְהוֹשֻׁעִ, or a commentary on the Hagadoth of the Jerusalem Talmud.
4. MEIR, who wrote under the title of אוֹת אֶמֶת, emendations on the Midrashim, as Sifra, Sifre, Mechitta Tanchuma, and Jalkut (Salonichi, 1565; Prague, 1624).
5. Moses, author of פְּנֵי משֶׁה, or decisions on Jacob ben-Asheri's (q.v.) Arba Turim (Constantinople, 1671 1719). See Furst, Bibl. Jud. i, p. 106 sq.; De Rossi, Dizionario Storico (Germ. transl.), p. 56. (B. P.)
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Benveniste'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/b/benveniste.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
