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Menahem Mann ben Solomon Ha-Levi Amelander

1698 – 1767

Dutch-Jewish author and historian

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Lived 1698 – 1767 (aged 68–69). Menahem Mann ben Solomon Ha-Levi Amelander was a grammarian, publisher, scholar and translator.

She'erit Yisra'el. Amsterdam : Kosman ben Yosef Barukh, 1770 or 1771. Menahem Mann Ben Solomon ha-Levi Amelander was a Dutch-Jewish author and historian of the 18th century. He died before 1767.

Work His 1743 Old Yiddish chronicle, Sheyris Yisroel (Sheʼerit Yiśraʼel, Remnant of Israel) is a continuation of his Yiddish translation of Josippon with a general history of the Jews in the diaspora until 1740. He also drew on the history of Jacques Basnage. Maks Erik and Israel Zinberg considered it the foremost representative of its genre. It was cited by Abraham Trebitsch with his Qorot ha-'Ittim and Abraham Chaim Braatbard with his Ayn Naye Kornayk. Zinberg called it "the most important work of Old Yiddish historiographical literature". It is a continuation of the traditional track of Jewish historiography. It inspired Benzion Dinur and Simon Dubnow and the maskilim. It is considered one of the first original Jewish histories composed in Yiddish. It continued to be reprinted into the 19th century.

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Born
1698
Birth century
Died
1767
Occupation
Grammarian, publisher, scholar, translator
Also known as
Amelander, Menahem Mann ben Solomon, ha-Levi, -1767?, d. 1767?, Amlander
moreMenahem Man ben Salomo, Menachem Mon ben Shlomoh

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Dutch-Jewish author and historian

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Menahem Mann ben Solomon Ha-Levi Amelander was born in 1698.

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Menahem Mann ben Solomon Ha-Levi Amelander died in 1767.

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Menahem Mann ben Solomon Ha-Levi Amelander was a grammarian, publisher, scholar and translator.

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· Wikipedia: Menahem Mann ben Solomon Ha-Levi Amelander

· Wikidata: Q113790904

· DBpedia: Menahem Amelander

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