David ibn Ya'ish

David ibn Ya'ish
Occupation	Writer

David ibn Ya'ish (c. 1375) was a Spanish Jewish writer. Moses ha-Kohen de Tordesillas dedicated his work to him. ^{[1] [2]} Representative of the community of Seville and contemporary of Asher b. Jehiel. He was probably a brother of Solomon b. Abraham ibn Ya'ish and the father of the Solomon b. David ibn Ya'ish mentioned by Judah b. Asher ("Zikron Yehudah," p. 12a). ^[3]

Notes

1. The Classical Tradition . Anthony Grafton, Glenn W. Most, Salvatore Settis - 2010 "around 1375 David ibn Yaish of Seville translated a lost Greek work,"
2. YA'ISH, DAVID B. ABRAHAM IBN: Gotthard Deutsch Meyer Kayserling
3. "YA'ISH, DAVID B. ABRAHAM IBN - JewishEncyclopedia.com". jewishencyclopedia.com.

References

• Ibn Verga, Shebeṭ Yehudah, 18, 31;
• Grätz, Gesch. vii. 541 et seq.;
• Steinschneider, Hebr. Uebers. pp. 686, 939;
• Hebr. Bibl. vi. 115 (on the identity), xvii. 119, xix. 93 et seq.;
• Jost's Annalen, i. 231, 302;
• Asher b. Jehiel, Responsa, Nos. 13, 2; 18, 1.D. M. K.