ABBA MARI (in full, Abba Mari See also:

• BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

ben See also:

• MOSES (Gr. Mwvo c, Mcoo-i3s)
• MOSES, ASSUMPTION OF

Moses benJoseph)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• RABBI

rabbi, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Lunel, near See also:

• MONTPELLIER

Montpellier, towards the end of the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . He is also known as Yarhi from his birthplace (Heb . Yerah, i.e. See also:

• MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
• MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)

moon, Lune), and he further took the name See also:

• ASTRUC, JEAN (1684-1766)

Astruc, See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don Astruc or En Astruc of Lunel . The descendant of men learned in rabbinic See also:

• LORE
• LORE, AMBROISE DE (1396-1446)

lore, Abba Mari devoted himself to the study of See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology and See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy, and made himself acquainted with the See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing of See also:

• MOSES (Gr. Mwvo c, Mcoo-i3s)
• MOSES, ASSUMPTION OF

Moses See also:

• MAIMONIDES

Maimonides and See also:

• NACHMANIDES (NAVMANIDES)

Nachmanides as well as with the See also:

• TALMUD

Talmud . In Montpellier, where he lived from 1303 to 1306, he was much distressed by the prevalence of Aristotelian See also:

• RATIONALISM (from Lat. rationalis, pertaining to reason, ratio)

rationalism, which, through the See also:

• MEDIUM

medium of the See also:

• WORKS

works of Maimonides, threatened the authority of the Old Testament, obedience to the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, and the belief in miracles and See also:

• REVELATION, BOOK OF

revelation . He, there-fore, in a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of letters (afterwards collected under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Minhat Kenaot, i.e . See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

Jealousy Offering ") called upon the famous rabbi See also:

• SOLOMON, ODES OF
• SOLOMON, PSALMS OF

Solomon See also:

• BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

ben Adret of See also:

• BARCELONA

Barcelona to come to the aid of orthodoxy . Ben Adret, with the approval of other prominent See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish rabbis, sent a See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter to the community at Montpellier proposing to forbid the study of philosophy to those who were less than See also:

• THIRTY

thirty years of See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, and, in spite of keen opposition from the liberal See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section, a See also:

• DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere)

decree in this sense was issued by ben Adret in 1305 . The result was a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• SCHISM

schism among the See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain and See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, and a new impulse was given to the study of philosophy by the unauthorized interference of the Spanish rabbis . On the See also:

• EXPULSION (Lat. expulsio, from expellere)

expulsion of the Jews from France by'See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip IV. in 1306, Abba Mari settled at See also:

• PERPIGNAN

Perpignan, where he published the letters connected with the controversy . His subsequent See also:

• HISTORY

history is unknown . Beside the letters, he was the author of liturgical See also:

• POETRY

poetry and works on See also:

• CIVIL

civil law .

AuTHORITIEs.—Edition of the Minhat Kenaot by M . L . Bislichis (See also:

• PRESSBURG (Hung. Pozsony, Lat. Posonium)

Pressburg, 1838); E . See also:

• RENAN, ERNEST (1823-1892)

Renan, See also:

• LES

Les rabbins See also:

• FRANCAIS, ANTOINE, COUNT (1756-1836)

francais, pp . 647 See also:

• FOIL

foil.; Perles, Salomo ben See also:

• ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

Abraham ben Adereth, pp . 15-54; Jewish See also:

• ENCYCLOPAEDIA

Encyclopaedia, s.v .