Rabbi Asher

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A contemporary of Benjamin of Tudela (second half of the 12th c.); resided in Lunel. One of the 5 sons of Meshullam. Described as a recluse and a great scholar of the Talmud.

Names

Hebrew: רבי אשר = RBY ʾShR 1

Attributes

Male
Floruit: late 12th c.

Temporal Data

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Event Description	Date	Comp./Composition	MS./Manuscript	Ed./Edition
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela1	before c.1170	c.1173	13th C	1907

Sources

1Rabbi Asher: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 3 [Hebrew with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Liran Yadgar, “Rabbi Asher” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/person/14137.

Additional credit information:

Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML and Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
Liran Yadgar: abstract; birth/death/floruit dates entry; and gender assignment, matching, Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue

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