Abraham of Montpellier
Abraham ben Yitzchak of Montpellier, also known as Avraham min haHar (lit. "Abraham from the mountain") (d. 1315) is known as a commentator on the greater part of the
Beth Din
of Rabbi Mordechai ben Josepha, (author of Shaarei Nedarim).
He was a contemporary and friend of
halacha
, often explaining Talmudic passages according to the halachic conclusions codified by Maimonides.
Works
His commentary on tractate
Ketubot are quoted by Jacob ben Moses of Bagnols, who wrote between 1357–61, and by Menachem di Lonzano
, who lived in the second half of the sixteenth century.
He has been mistaken for the father of the celebrated anti-Maimonist
Isaac de Lattes
, in his "Sha'are Zion" (ed. Buber, p. 42), names Rabbi Abraham among the scholars of the generation succeeding Solomon, of whose father he speaks simply as "Abraham," without the title of rabbi.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Louis Ginzberg (1901–1906). "Abraham of Montpellier". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography: De Lattes, Sha'are Zion, ed. Buber, p. 42;
Neubauer, in Rev. Ét. Juives, 1884, xvii. 53;
Gross, Gallia Judaica, p. 326.
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