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Me�r ha-Kohen
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
or French scholar of the thirteenth century; born at Narbonne; died at Toledo, Spain, whither he had emigrated in 1263 (Israeli, "Yesod 'Olam," 2:35, ed. Berlin, 1846). Me�r occupied himself particularly with the study of the Masorah; and, according to Menahem Me�ri ("?iryat Sefer"), he was one of the five rabbis who, by comparing a great number of manuscripts, endeavored to establish a correctly revised Pentateuch for France and Germany.
Me�r's identity has been frequently mistaken: Bartolocci ("Bibl. Rab. Magna," 4:20) identifies him with the author of the "Haggahot Maimuniyyot," a German scholar of the end of the thirteenth century; Zunz ("Literaturgesch." p. 283), confounding him with Moses ha-Kohen of Lunel, attributes to him the "Hassagot," or strictures on Maimonides; while Carmoly ("Ha-Karmel," 7:58) identifies him with Me�r ?arfati, the supposed author of a poem against the "Moreh," beginning with the words "Anshe minut" (comp. Steinschneider, "Hebr. Bibl." ). It may be added that S. Sachs ("Cat. of the G�nzburg Library," p. 46) attributes to Me�r ha-Kohen the "Sefer ha-Me'orot," which in reality is the work of Me�r b. Simeon.
- Gross, Gallia Judaica, p. 422;
- Renan-Neubauer, Les Rabbins Fran�ais, pp. 731-733.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Me�r ha-Kohen'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/m/mea-r-ha-kohen.html. 1901.
