Menahem Mann Ben Solomon ha-Levi Amelander was a Dutch-Jewish author and historian of the 18th century. He died before 1767. [1]
His 1743 Old Yiddish chronicle, Sheyris Yisroel (Remnant of Israel) is a continuation of his Yiddish translation of Josippon with a general history of the Jews in the diaspora until 1740. [2] [3] [4] He also drew on the history of Jacques Basnage. [5] Max Erik and Israel Zinberg considered it the foremost representative of its genre. [6] It was cited by Abraham Trebitsch with his Qorot ha-'Ittim and Abraham Chaim Braatbard with his Ayn Naye Kornayk. [7] Zinberg called it "the most important work of Old Yiddish historiographical literature". [8]
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Menahem Mann Ben Solomon ha-Levi Amelander was a Dutch-Jewish author and historian of the 18th century. He died before 1767. [1]
His 1743 Old Yiddish chronicle, Sheyris Yisroel (Remnant of Israel) is a continuation of his Yiddish translation of Josippon with a general history of the Jews in the diaspora until 1740. [2] [3] [4] He also drew on the history of Jacques Basnage. [5] Max Erik and Israel Zinberg considered it the foremost representative of its genre. [6] It was cited by Abraham Trebitsch with his Qorot ha-'Ittim and Abraham Chaim Braatbard with his Ayn Naye Kornayk. [7] Zinberg called it "the most important work of Old Yiddish historiographical literature". [8]
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: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (
link)