Moses Kalfo
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Moses Kalfo, who lived at the beginning of the eleventh century at Bari, was an Italian Jewish scholar; he taught at the yeshibah there.
He is known through lexicographical explanations cited by Nathan ben Jehiel, author of the Aruk. Nathan ben Jehiel probably studied under him for some time.
[edit] References
- Marco Mortara, Indice, p. 9;
- Hermann Vogelstein and Paul Rieger, Geschichte der Juden in Rom, i. 358, 362;
- Isaac Hirsch Weiss, Dor, iv. 308, note 9;
- Eliakim Carmoly, in Revue Orientale, ii. 116.
[edit] External links
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Solomon Schechter and Max Schloessinger (1901–1906). "Moses Kalfo". Jewish Encyclopedia. http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=893&letter=M.
