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Peter

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Tosafist of the twelfth century; pupil of Samuel ben Meïr and Jacob Tam. His name occurs in Tos. Giṭ. 8a and 'Ab. Zarah 74b, and in several other places. Peter fell a victim to the persecutions of the second Crusade. While accompanying the body of a parnas, he was assailed by the crusaders and slain. "This," says Ephraim of Bonn, "occurred at ," which place Gross identifies with Carinthia, in Austria. A confusing account of Peter's martyrdom is given by Joseph ha-Kohen, who asserts that it happened at Ramerupt () and that Jacob (Jacob Tam?) was killed together with Peter.

Bibliography:
  • Ephraim of Bonn, ed. Stern and Neubauer, p. 63;
  • Joseph ha-Kohen, 'Emeḳ ha-Baka, ed. Cracow, p. 45;
  • idem, Dibre, ha-Yamim, ed. Amsterdam, p. 19;
  • Grätz, Gesch. 6:153;
  • Gross, Gallia Judaica, pp. 434, 636.
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Bibliography Information
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Peter'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​p/peter.html. 1901.
 
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