Warden

URI https://medievalmideast.org/practice/816

Hebrew term: "parnas," a public official or representative of the community charged with managing communal properties (usually, the synagogue)

Names

Hebrew: פרנס = PRNS 1

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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

1Warden: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 18, 23, 45, 102 [Hebrew with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Liran Yadgar, “Warden” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/practice/816.

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Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML and matching, Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
Liran Yadgar: abstract and Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue

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