Ahimaaz ben Paltiel

Ahimaaz ben Paltiel ( ) was an Italian-Jewish liturgical poet and author of a family chronicle . He was born in Capua , Italy , in 1017 and died about 1060 in Oria . Very little is known about his life. He came of a family some of whose members are well known in Jewish literature as scholars and poets; for example, Hananiel ben Amittai , and his nephew Amittai ben Shephatiah . Ahimaaz had two sons, Paltiel and Samuel. The family tree of this clan is given by Ahimaaz in his Chronicle : The genealogy of Ahimaaz. Benjamin of Tudela mentions an Ahimaaz ben Paltiel in Amalfi in southern Italy, in the year 1162 (see his Travels, ed. This may well have been a descendant of his earlier namesake; for it is known that two brothers of the grandfather of Ahimaaz ben Paltiel were sent with presents to Paltiel by the prince of Amalfi. In a list of twenty-two selihah ( elegiac ) poets (Italy, fifteenth century?), Ahimaaz ben Paltiel is mentioned as the author of two poems; and a Mahzor of the Roman rite attributes to him a selihah for the Fast of Esther . see Revue Études Juives , xxxii. 147.

Ahimaaz ben Paltiel ( ) ( Capua , 1017- Oria , 1060) was an Italian-Jewish liturgical poet and author of a family chronicle . Very little is known about his life. He came of a family some of whose members are well known in Jewish literature as scholars and poets; for example, Hananiel ben Amittai , and his nephew Amittai ben Shephatiah . Ahimaaz had two sons, Paltiel and Samuel. The family tree of this clan is given by Ahimaaz in his Chronicle : The genealogy of Ahimaaz. Benjamin of Tudela mentions an Ahimaaz ben Paltiel in Amalfi in southern Italy, in the year 1162 (see his Travels, ed. This may well have been a descendant of his earlier namesake; for it is known that two brothers of the grandfather of Ahimaaz ben Paltiel were sent with presents to Paltiel by the prince of Amalfi. In a list of twenty-two selihah ( elegiac ) poets (Italy, fifteenth century?), Ahimaaz ben Paltiel is mentioned as the author of two poems; and a Mahzor of the Roman rite attributes to him a selihah for the Fast of Esther . see Revue Études Juives , xxxii. 147.

Ahimaaz ben Paltiel ( ; 1017–1060) was a Graeco - Italian liturgical poet and author of a family chronicle . Very little is known about his life. He came of a family some of whose members are well known in Jewish literature as scholars and poets; for example, Shefatya ben Amitai , Hananiel ben Amittai , and his nephew Amittai ben Shephatiah . Ahimaaz had two sons, Paltiel and Samuel. The family tree of this clan is given by Ahimaaz in his Chronicle : The genealogy of Ahimaaz. Benjamin of Tudela mentions an Ahimaaz ben Paltiel in Amalfi in southern Italy, in the year 1162 (see his Travels, ed. This may well have been a descendant of his earlier namesake; for it is known that two brothers of the grandfather of Ahimaaz ben Paltiel were sent with presents to Paltiel by the prince of Amalfi. In a list of twenty-two selihah ( elegiac ) poets (Italy, fifteenth century?), Ahimaaz ben Paltiel is mentioned as the author of two poems; and a Mahzor of the Roman rite attributes to him a selihah for the Fast of Esther .

Italian poet See also: Ahimaaz and Paltiel (disambiguation) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Ahimaaz ben Paltiel ( ; 1017–1060) was a Graeco - Italian liturgical poet and author of a family chronicle . Very little is known about his life. He came from a family some of whose members are well known in Jewish literature as scholars and poets; for example, Shefatya ben Amitai , Hananiel ben Amittai , and his nephew Amittai ben Shephatiah . Ahimaaz had two sons, Paltiel and Samuel. The family tree of this clan is given by Ahimaaz in his Chronicle : The genealogy of Ahimaaz. Benjamin of Tudela mentions an Ahimaaz ben Paltiel in Amalfi in southern Italy, in the year 1162 (see his Travels, ed. This may well have been a descendant of his earlier namesake; for it is known that two brothers of the grandfather of Ahimaaz ben Paltiel were sent with presents to Paltiel by the prince of Amalfi. In a list of twenty-two selihah ( elegiac ) poets (Italy, fifteenth century?), Ahimaaz ben Paltiel is mentioned as the author of two poems, and a Mahzor of the Roman rite attributes to him a selihah for the Fast of Esther .