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Eliezer ben-Judah
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or (sometimes called ELEAZAR GARMIZA, but apparently without good reason), of Worms, the son of Kalonymos of Mentz, was one of the most distinguished Rabbins of the 13th century. He was a pupil of Judah the Saint, and died in 1238; He wrote thirty works, of which only a few have been printed. The principal ones are: Yoreh Chatcinz חֲטָאַים יוֹרֶה, "he will instruct sinners") a liturgical and ascetic formulary (Venice, 1589, 8vo, and often):Yeyn ha-Rekach (יֵין הָרֶקִח, "wine of spicery"), a cabalistic commentary on Canticles and Ruth (Lublin, 1608, 4to): — Sepher Rokeach (סֵפֶר רֹקֵחִ, "spiced book"), on the fear of God and repentance (Fano, 1505, fol., and often since): — פֵּרוּשׁ, etc., a commentary on the cabalistic book Jezirah (Mantua, 1562, 4to, and since): — לַמּוּטַים, etc., a cabalistic exposition of the Pentateuch (extracts in Azulai's נִחִל קְדוּמַים, Leghorn, 1800): — סוֹדֵי רָזִיָּא, on angelology (in pait, Amst. 1701, 4to). Several of his works in MS. are at the Bibliotheque de l'Oratoire at Paris. — Hoefer, Nouv. Biogr. Gener. 15:826-7; Grasse, Allgem. Literargesch. 3:521; Furst, Bibliotheca Judaica, 1:228. (J.H.W.)
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Eliezer ben-Judah'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/e/eliezer-ben-judah.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
