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Aaron ben Elijah, 1328?-1369

 Person

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Gan `Eden, probably 14th or 15th century.

 Item
Identifier: Or. 4752 (1)
Scope and Contents The 'Garden of Eden' Important work of the Byzantine Karaite Aaron ben Elijah the Younger of Nicomedia. Steinschneider considered this manuscript to be one of the oldest of the Leiden collection of Karaitica. Aaron ben Elijah produced important works that reveal influence of Ibn Ezra and Maimonides. Apart from Gan Eden, Aaron ben Elijah wrote Etz Hayyim (1346) and Keter Torah (1362)....
Dates: probably 14th or 15th century.