Menahem Mann Ben Solomon ha-Levi Amelander was a Dutch-Jewish author and historian of the 18th century. He died before 1767. [2]
Menahem Mann Ben Solomon ha-Levi Amelander was a Dutch-Jewish author and historian of the 18th century. He died before 1767. [2]
His 1743 Old Yiddish chronicle, Sheyris Yisroel (Sheʼerit Yiśraʼel, Remnant of Israel) is a continuation of his Yiddish translation of Josippon with a general history of the Jews in the diaspora until 1740. [3] [4] [5] He also drew on the history of Jacques Basnage. [6] Maks Erik and Israel Zinberg considered it the foremost representative of its genre. [7] It was cited by Abraham Trebitsch with his Qorot ha-'Ittim and Abraham Chaim Braatbard with his Ayn Naye Kornayk. [8] Zinberg called it "the most important work of Old Yiddish historiographical literature". [9] It is a continuation of the traditional track of Jewish historiography. It inspired Benzion Dinur and Simon Dubnow and the maskilim . [10] It is considered one of the first original Jewish histories composed in Yiddish. [11] It continued to be reprinted into the 19th century. [12]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "AMELANDER (AMLANDER), MENAHEM MANN BEN SOLOMON HA-LEVI". The Jewish Encyclopedia . New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
| Other | |
 | This biographical article about a person notable in connection with Judaism is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
